I was just shutting down my laptop to join my partner for dinner when the WhatsApp call came through.
My father never usually called me outside of our regular weekly calls. I hoped he was okay. I picked up that call.
“Hey, are you free to talk?”
“Of course, Dad. Is everything alright?”
“I just wanted to let you know that y…
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