“Get Up!”: The Command of the Strange Child and the Shocking Truth Behind the Wheelchair

his voice collapsing under the weight of it. “I swear… I didn’t know.”

The boy studied him for a long moment.

“For a long time,” he said, “I hated you.”

The man closed his eyes.

“I know.”

“But my mom said… a heart that’s sick can’t be a good father.”

The man looked up at him again.

“And she said… maybe one day it would wake up.”

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