Chapter 10: Because of Him
Kindness. Loyalty. Strength. Love.
None of those things had come from biology. None of them had come from blood.
They had come from the man standing beside me, the man who had been handed a baby before he was old enough to understand his own life, yet somehow chose mine anyway.
I looked back at Liza.
“I’ll get tested,” I said softly.
The crowd murmured again.
“But not because you’re my mother.” I squeezed Dad’s hand tighter. “Because he raised me to do the right thing even when it hurts.”
Dad wiped tears from his face openly this time.
He didn’t even pretend otherwise anymore.
Then the principal stepped onto the field and cleared his throat.
“After everything we’ve witnessed today,” he announced, “I think there’s only one person who should walk this graduate across the stage.”
The entire crowd erupted into applause. Continue Reading ⬇️
