I Had a Baby at 17 – My Parents Took Him Away, and 21 Years Later, My New Neighbor Looked Just Like Him

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My chest tightened.

“I was adopted when I was three days old,” he continued, more quietly now. “My parents told me my birth mother left me with this blanket and a note.”

My heart pounded so hard it hurt.

“What did the note say?” I asked.

He hesitated, then answered, “It said, ‘Tell him he was loved.’”

The world narrowed to a single, impossible point.

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