Every June 4th, someone puts roses on my father’s grave. For 10 years, we wondered who left them: a secret child, a lover, or an old friend. This year, I decided to wait there and finally find out.
I froze when I realized we were all wrong. It was a man I’d never seen before, walking slowly, wearing an old denim jacket and holding a single white rose in one hand and a small notebook in the other. He didn’t notice me at first.
I was standing a bit behind the big oak tree near the fence. My heart was racing. I had rehearsed so many versions of this moment in my head, but nothing prepared me for this.
He kneeled at my father’s grave, laid the rose down gently, then opened the notebook and started reading something softly. I couldn’t hear the words, but his voice trembled. There was sadness in it—real, raw sadness.
I stepped forward, and a twig cracked under my foot. He turned around, surprised, but not alarmed. His eyes, though tired, were kind.
“I’m sorry,” I said, “I didn’t mean to intrude… but I’ve been coming here every June 4th for years. I see the roses. You put them here, don’t you?”
He nodded, stood up, and wiped his hands on his jeans.
“Yes. I do.”
“Did you know my father?” I asked, my voice more emotional than I expected. He looked at me for a long second, then smiled faintly.
“In a way. But not the way you think.”
I tilted my head, confused. “Were you friends?”
He looked down at the grave.
“No. Your father saved my life.”
And just like that, I was stunned into silence. “I was on the edge,” he said.
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