he realizes that the man from the store, Dwayne, is his son.A letter from Lacey explains the painful secret she kept: she had been pregnant with his child but chose to keep it a secret to protect her marriage. Now, after her passing, she wanted to give him the chance to meet his son. The man,

overwhelmed with emotion, decides to reach out to Dwayne. He nervously calls, and after a tense moment, they agree to meet. The story ends with the elderly man preparing to finally connect with the son he never knew, after decades of uncertainty.