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Ten years later, my assistant knocked on my office door. \u201cSheila, there\u2019s someone here to see you. Says he\u2019s your father.\u201d<\/p>\n

I took the elevator down, and there he was. But he looked terrible, like he\u2019d aged fifteen years. He was thin, pale, and frail.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have cancer,\u201d he said finally as we sat in a cafe. \u201cPancreatic. Doctors say I\u2019ve got maybe two or three years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite everything, he was still my dad. \u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d I said, and I meant it. \u201cIs there anything I can do?\u201d<\/p>\n

He took a deep breath. \u201cThe house. I\u2019m behind on the mortgage payments. The bank\u2019s threatening to foreclose. I want you to buy it from me. Pay off what I owe, and it\u2019s yours. That way, at least it stays in the family, and your mom and Emma don\u2019t lose their home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ten years later, my assistant knocked on my office door. \u201cSheila, there\u2019s someone here to see you. Says he\u2019s your father.\u201d I took the elevator down, and there he was. But he looked terrible, like he\u2019d aged fifteen years. He was thin, pale, and frail. \u201cI have cancer,\u201d he said finally as we sat in…<\/p>\n

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