July 14,2022

Hi Alex,
I’m so happy to finally have found you and know where you are. I have so many things to tell you after all these years.
I’m sure you remember what you told me last time we got to spend a little time together, under the rain at the basket court in Bel Air Crest: “Papa, promise me that you’ll never give up on me”. I never did in all these years and I never will.
I hope you know that the Court in Paris has confirmed my adoption and that I’m legally your dad.
But first I want to reassure you that despite everything you may have heard, I just want to talk about you and what has happened to you in these past years. I just want to hear your voice, to look at you.
The Police Officer said that you’re probably as tall as me now and very smart. I had no doubts about smart, Doctor Gordon in LA told me that already when you were a young child, but as tall as me will be such a surprise for me.
I want to talk to you about your future, what are your plans, what do you have in mind, your studies…
I want you to talk to me about everything you want, what you like to do, the sports you are doing, the places you like….
In a few words, I just want to meet with you. You’re an adult now as the officer told me, and you can decide on your own what you want to do or not to do. We can even meet the two of us in your community, there are a lot of spaces inside the Turnberry towers where we can see each other, sit down and catch up.
The officer also told me that you don’t want to see me. It’s so painful for me to hear that after all your young years where we were inseparable. I hope you remember that in Mrs Roman’s class at Buckley, the class was assigned a homework, a project to prepare at home about your favorite super hero. Meanwhile all kids chose Batman, Captain America or similar, you chose me as your super hero, and did the full project on you and me. As a smart and sweet child, this for sure hasn’t be a hazard. We loved each other so much.
But I will respect your will, and if this is your choice, I’ll be destroyed but I promised myself that I’ll respect your choice. And I hope you remember that I keep my promises.
You will just have to say it to me in person, just the two of us, that’s all I’m asking you.
I think it’s pretty fair, and I’m sure you can understand it.
You know, everybody, soon or later, will seek for the truth about his birth, his young age, his family….. I’m sure you’ll do it too, and I’ll be here for that, if you want, when you will want it, without any pressure on you.
Please Alex, let’s meet the two of us, where and when you want. I raised you for your first ten years and the time we spent together has been the best time of my life. I loved you so much and you did too.
I count on you to make this happen.
Your dad who never stopped to love you,
Patrick