The Two Babies I Found Alone on a Plane Eighteen Years Ago Came Back Into My Life With a Document That Changed Everything

happy.”

I watched my children laughing in the sunlight, completely unaware of the conversation I was having on their behalf.

“You mean the life I built,” I said, “while you pretended it ran itself.”

“Don’t make this ugly.”

I let out a tired laugh. “You left me on a nursery floor while I was eight months pregnant. You made this ugly.”

I hung up.

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