I Adopted My Best Friend’s Son After He Left Him – Years Later, the Boy Invited His Biological Father to a Hockey Game and Gave a Speech That Made Me Break Down
“I kept trying, but every time I opened my mouth at dinner, I chickened out. I figured if I waited any longer, you’d hear it from somebody else, and that’d be worse.”
“Scared of what, exactly?”
“Scared you’d think I was choosing him.”
I rubbed my hand over my face and tried to keep my voice level.