We Adopted a Little Girl – on Her 5th Birthday, Her Biological Mother Showed Up to Reveal a Shocking Truth About Her

The porch felt like it was tilting.

“So why show up now?” Daniel asked. “Why today?”

“I saw a picture of her,” she said.

“Someone showed me. She looked happy. And I thought, what if that thing is still there?

What if you never knew? I don’t want that on me. I risked it and checked with the agency.

Good thing it wasn’t a closed adoption.”

For a moment, something like gratitude stirred in my chest.

Then she kept talking.

“I came here and did the right thing,” she said. “And I think it’s fair we talk about compensation.”

Everything inside me went still.

“Excuse me?” I said.

“You’re about to have big medical bills,” she said. “Tests, treatment, specialists.

You clearly have more than I ever did. I gave you information that could save her life. I think I deserve something.”

Daniel let out a short, disbelieving laugh.

“You came to our daughter’s birthday,” he said, “told us she might have cancer, and now you’re asking for money?”

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