Chapter 16 - MY POSTPARTUM MISTAKEThree weeks after discharge, I made my own bad decision.

I sent Claire photographs of the triplets.
Why?
Because she emailed:
I just want to know they’re okay.
Rebecca advised against contact.
Daniel advised against it.
I did it anyway.
Claire replied to the photo of Eli:
He’s beautiful.
Then:
I’m sorry I ever imagined he could be mine.
That should have ended it.
Instead I responded:
You built a nursery for him.
She wrote:
I built it because I was losing my mind.
I replied:
You tried to take my son.
She wrote:
I never touched him.
Then I sent something cruel:
Maybe there was a reason adoption kept failing.
I regretted it before she answered.
She did not answer.
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Pain does not become wisdom automatically.
Sometimes it becomes another weapon.
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