“Brother, you were never interested in family values. You only love yourself.” Ethan’s voice, weak from illness, carried the weight of years of disappointment.

“You didn’t support me even when my wife left me and my son!” Ethan had added. “You will never change. But I’m asking you anyway to please visit Kyle in the orphanage after this illness takes me. It’s the least you can do.”

Ethan had been right, of course. Dylan had been selfish, too wrapped up in his own life to notice how much his brother needed him.

When Ethan’s wife walked out, leaving him alone to raise Kyle while battling his illness, Dylan kept his distance.

It was easier that way, or so he told himself. He buried himself in his freelance work, in his social life, in anything that