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

tore it apart.

“If it’s a boy, I hope he laughs like you do when you’re really happy.”

My hand flew over my mouth.

Leo stared at the page.

“He wrote that?”

I nodded and handed him one of the birthday cards.

“Read it.”

He opened it carefully.

Inside was Andrew’s handwriting.

“To my child,

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