the genetic relationship was confirmed, it wouldn’t automatically resolve the legal questions involving Ellie’s adoption.
Those matters would require careful review.
For the time being, Ellie would remain with Nora and Tom.
That was the home she knew.
They were the people she’d begun calling Mommy and Daddy.
No matter what happened, none of us wanted her to feel that loving one adult meant losing another.
I returned to work and tried to maintain my usual routine.
I answered emails.
Bought groceries.
Paid bills.
But every time my phone rang,
