Two long, empty, suffocating years.
Heavy. Unmarked except for my name.
My hands trembled as I carried it inside. Something in my chest tightened—fear, hope, dread… I couldn’t tell.
I knew.
Before I even opened it, I knew it was from her.
Inside was a small box.
And inside that… a sealed envelope and a document.
A DNA test.
Already completed.

99.97% parent-child match confirmed.
But not to me.
To my husband.
My breath caught.
My vision blurred.
I read it again.
And again.
Until the truth finally landed like a blow to my chest.
She wasn’t just my adopted daughter.
She was his biological child.