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A Truth Too Heavy to Expect
Grant froze.
Elena lifted her gaze. Her eyes were swollen, but steady—like someone who had spent years preparing for the moment the truth would finally catch up.
“I had her when I was seventeen,” she said. “I didn’t have a home. I didn’t have steady meals. I didn’t have anyone to help me.” She brushed a tear away quickly, almost ashamed. “I tried. I really tried. But she was so small, and I knew she wouldn’t survive the life I was living.”
Grant’s chest tightened. His breath grew shallow.
“So I took her to a hospital. I wrapped her in the only blanket I owned and left a note asking whoever found her to love her better than I could.”
Grant felt something inside him shift painfully.
That note…
The adoption agency had told them the baby had been left anonymously. He and Michelle had brought Lily home when she was three months old and never once questioned the story.
Now he realized someone else had loved her long before they did.
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