“I heard everything.”
“You can’t do this to me!”
“I just did… and anyway, you did it to yourself.”
Security stepped in.
“James, you’re ruining my life!”
“You were going to ruin theirs.”
A week later, the adoption was finalized.
Maya cried quietly.
“We won’t be separated now,” Lily said.
That night, we made spaghetti.
“Can we light a candle for Mommy?” Maya asked.Motherhood advice books
“Of course.”
Later, Lily leaned into me.
“We knew you’d choose us.”
I couldn’t speak.
I just cried.
And they held onto me.
We were safe.
We were real.
And we were home.
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