My father stood up at the lake house dinner and raised his glass in fr…

meant no harm twice.

It did not contain the word Sasha.

It did not contain I am sorry.

It did not contain I understand why you left.

It did not contain I want to understand.

What it did contain was a sentence near the bottom of the first page that I read three times.

Your father has no memory of saying anything wrong.

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