I returned home unannounced after four years in Canada and found my wife with a shaved head, terribly thin and struggling alone in the backyard. My mother said she had sought that punishment herself. I didn't scream. Instead, I got my phone...

Instead, I put my hand in my pocket...

and I pulled out my phone.

What none of them knew was that, as I flew home, seventeen calls from Canada had been waiting for me.

And the news behind those calls was about to change everything.

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Seventeen missed calls from a Canadian number appeared on my phone screen.

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There was also an email that had arrived while on the return flight.

I opened it slowly.

“You’re right,” I told Vivian. “Going in here screaming is not going to solve anything.”

His shoulders relaxed.

Derek stopped looking so nervous.

I could almost see them convincing myself that I was calming down.