I raised my fiancé’s 10 children after he left us; 30 years later, his lawyer showed up at my door and said, “He asked me to give you this envelope today.”

wiped away tears before turning the page.

Every journal was filled with birthdays he had missed.

Christmases.

First days of school.

Every milestone.

Whenever the investigator sent him photographs, he carefully glued copies into the journal.

Amanda losing her first tooth.

Jacob winning a science fair.

The quadruplets dressed as pirates for Halloween.

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