VIOLET SWAN.

OREGÓN-PORTLAND.

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"I'm really glad you're happy, sweetheart," Dad says from the other side of the screen.

I thought a lot about whether to make this call or not, but in the end, I decided I didn’t want any more lies in my life. From now on, I’d speak only the truth.

"Knowing that you finally have the whole truth… somehow makes me feel free, my girl."

"Dad, it wasn’t easy, and even though I still don’t understand your decisions in a lot of things… I won’t judge you," I reply, staring at a fixed point in the room as if that gave me strength to say what I feel. Now that I have a life I used to only dream of… I’m not willing to lose it all.

"Your mother is amazing, and little by little, ever since the hospital, we’ve gotten so close, Dad."

"That’s so good to hear, sweetheart," he smiles with that softness he's always reserved just for me. "A lot of things you’ll only understand when you're a