them I wasn’t wanted. You told them that my parents had given me up because they didn’t want another mouth to feed.”
“I said your mother couldn’t raise you.”
“I could have,” I said. “Tired mothers are still mothers.”
Riley stared at her.
“Grandma, did you know he was alive this whole time?”
She didn’t respond.
When she reached toward Rex, he moved away.
“Don’t.”
“Rex, honey.”
“No. You don’t get to touch us right now.”
I pointed toward the side gate.
“Leave.”
“Dawn, please.”
“All contact goes through a
