We Thought Our Mother Abandoned Us—Until I Heard My Adoptive Mom Say, “Everything Went According to Plan” – Page 37

she said a word.

Her eyes moved from me to Noah.

Then her hands flew to her mouth.

“Olivia?” she whispered. “Noah?”

I broke.

The sound that came out of me was not graceful or calm. It was the sound of twenty years of pain finally finding a door.

She came around the counter, then stopped, as if afraid to touch us without permission.

Noah stepped forward first.continue reading …