I BECAME A MOM AT 17 — YEARS LATER, MY SON TOOK A DNA TEST TO FIND HIS FATHER AND DISCOVERED A TRUTH THAT LEFT ME SHAKING

My mother says you do. I don’t believe her, but I don’t know how else to reach you.”

“Oh no,” I whispered. “No, no, no.”

Leo moved closer.

“What is it?”

“He thought I hated him.”

Gwen’s breathing shook.

“That’s what our mother told him. She didn’t just lie, Heather. She stole eighteen years from all of you.”

I opened the third letter so quickly I nearly continue reading …