My Parents Threw Me Out At Sixteen When I Was Pregnant Until Years Later They Came Back Asking For My Son

and then I sat on my bed with Lily beside me while she read the letter for the first time, slowly, all the way through.

When she finished she set the first page down carefully on the comforter.

“They really did it,” she said. Her voice was quiet. “They really just cut you out.”

“They did.”

She was quiet for a moment. Then: “I might have an idea.”

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