The other was the woman watching her daughter deceive a young man I had come to love like family.
I did not change my decision.
Rose slowly packed several bags.
Before walking out, she stopped at the door and looked back at me.
“I never thought my own mother would throw me out while I was pregnant with two babies.”
I still hear those words in my head.
The moment the door closed behind her, I went into the nursery.
The two cribs were still there.
Tiny clothes were neatly folded in pairs.
Two little blankets were waiting on the shelf.
And on the table were the two stuffed animals I had bought that afternoon.
That was when I finally broke down and cried.
Now I am left with questions I don’t know how to answer.
Nathan still doesn’t know the whole truth.
I don’t know whether the twins are really his.
