Officer Discreetly Follows Lost Boy, Then Breaks Down When He Discovers the Truth

When Leo finally ran out of words, his father reached for him slowly, giving the boy room to pull away if he wanted. Leo didn't. He stepped forward, and the man wrapped both arms around him, pulling him in with the desperate force of someone who had once let go and never forgiven himself. He cried into the child's wet jacket without trying to hide it, while Leo clung to him as if still afraid the moment might disappear.