Andrew looked at the notebook and frowned. It read how Rick was missing his father and asking Andrew to look for him. For a moment, he was confused and even asked Rick.
"What are you talking about, Rick? He wasn't your father."
Only then did it hit him, as his eyes widened in realization. He blamed himself for speaking early and quickly looked down at Rick. Sure enough, his face was morphed into horror as he also understood some things.
Andrew quickly tried to console Rick, but it was as if something had cracked inside him as he stayed dazed, numb to everything. Even though he was young, he understood what it meant.
His father had abandoned him. As he had spent a year in the orphanage, he obviously knew about it. The thought that his father had abandoned him had crossed his mind many times, but he had refused to acknowledge it.
