HIS NEIGHBOR WOULDN’T STOP REPORTING THE SOUND OF A GIRL CRYING INSIDE HIS HOUSE—THEN HE HID BENEATH HIS DAUGHTER’S BED AND HEARD HER PLEAD FOR SOMEONE TO SPARE HER

The day she said she might want to help other kids.

The first Christmas she hugged him.

The last page held only one sentence:

A father is not the man who never fails. A father is the man who believes the truth before the world makes it convenient.