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Suddenly, they didn’t seem so meaningless anymore.
I stood up.
“I think I’d better go outside.”
My uncle immediately said,
“Wait. I’m not keeping you here.”
He unlocked the door and stepped aside.
But then he added,
“If you don’t see this today, I might never find the courage to tell you.”
His voice was trembling.
I decided to stay.
Richard walked into his bedroom.
A few seconds later, I heard him dragging something heavy across the floor.
When I followed him, I saw that he had pulled a large, dark brown suitcase from underneath his bed.
It was secured with two locks.
“Why have you been hiding all this?” I asked.
He didn’t answer.
Instead, he pulled a small key from his pocket.
Before opening the suitcase, he looked directly at me.
“Your father believes I destroyed the most important thing in
