{"id":16011,"date":"2026-06-05T22:20:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T22:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=16011"},"modified":"2026-06-05T22:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T22:20:03","slug":"part-2-my-stepfather-sold-his-own-blood-so-i-could-go-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=16011","title":{"rendered":"PART 2 \u201cMY STEPFATHER SOLD HIS OWN BLOOD SO I COULD GO TO SCHOOL."},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"21\">\u201cAnd you aren\u2019t going back to that tiny room by the river either.\u201d I pulled out the property deed. \u201cI bought a small house in the coastal neighborhood of Tybee Island. It\u2019s not a mansion. It has a yard, a spacious kitchen, two bedrooms, and it\u2019s just a few blocks from the ocean. It\u2019s completely under your name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"22\">Mr. Raymond recoiled as if I had physically shoved him. \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"23\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"24\">\u201cI can\u2019t accept that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"25\">\u201cOf course you can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"26\">\u201cNo, Louis. This is entirely too much.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4718555627628568\" data-ad-slot=\"6341556722\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"filled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_6_host\"><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"27\">I let out a joyless laugh. \u201cToo much? And selling your own blood for my textbooks wasn\u2019t too much? Eating plain bread so I could wear a clean uniform wasn\u2019t too much? Sleeping sitting up outside the Greyhound station when I left for Georgia Tech wasn\u2019t too much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"28\">He covered his mouth. \u201cI was just the man tasked with looking after you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"29\">\u201cNo.\u201d I unfolded the third sheet. The proof. The one that had terrified me. \u201cYou were my father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"30\">Mr. Raymond sat completely still. So still that for a moment I thought he hadn\u2019t understood. I placed the paper in his hands. He read the very first line. Then all the color drained from his face.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"31\">\u201cNo.\u201d His voice came out broken. \u201cThis can\u2019t be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"32\">\u201cIt is.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4718555627628568\" data-ad-slot=\"8776148374\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"filled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_7_host\"><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"33\">\u201cYour mother\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"34\">\u201cMy mother knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"35\">He pressed the document tight against his chest. \u201cNo. She would have told me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"36\">\u201cShe wanted to tell you.\u201d I pulled out the letter. That one was truly old, with moisture stains and worn, heavy creases. I had found it in an old biscuit tin where my mother used to keep photos, receipts, and a lock of my baby hair.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"37\">Mr. Raymond didn\u2019t take it at first. He was afraid. 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