It wasn’t just a place where he fixed things—it was where he hid the parts of his life he couldn’t repair. As I stood up, I realized that my grief had shifted into something sharper, more focused. I still loved him. That hadn’t changed. If anything, it had deepened. Because now I understood the weight he had carried all those years, alone. But love doesn’t erase the need for truth. And as I walked out of the garage, locking the door behind me, I knew one thing for certain: whatever really happened to my mom didn’t end that night. It had been waiting, quietly, for me to find it. And now that I had… there was no going back.