I SAW A MAN ON STAGE WITH THE SAME BIRTHMARK AS MINE — IGNORING MY MOM’S PROTESTS, I RAN TO HIM AND SHOUTED, “DAD, IS THAT YOU?”
I was a boy when it happened. I never knew my father. My mother told me that he didn’t want to be in our lives, but she never explained why.
One day, we were at the mall. We went there just to walk around and look at beautiful things because we didn’t have money to buy anything. Well, actually, my mom bought me some ice cream. Then we walked over to a stage where a concert and a fundraiser were taking place to support elderly people affected by natural disasters.
A man stepped onto the stage, introduced as the founder of the charity and the organizer of the fundraiser. I only learned this later — at that moment, I was just staring at him, unable to believe my own eyes. He looked so much like me, and he even had the same birthmark on his chin as I did.
“Mom, Mom!” I called out. “Look, that must be my dad! He looks just like me, and he has the same birthmark as I do!”
When my mom turned to see who I was pointing at, her face went pale. She wanted to say something, but it was too late. I was already running through the crowd toward the stage, and my mom was chasing after me, yelling, “Stop! Nathan, stop right now!”
But I didn’t listen. I was only eight, and I had just seen the man I had been longing to see for so long. I ran up onto the stage and rushed to him. I tugged at his jacket and asked, “DAD, IS IT YOU? IS IT REALLY YOU?”⬇️