Moving On

"He said that it was better to tell you about it instead of keeping it from you.” She said and Alex nodded. It was better to tell her indeed because keeping it from her would only drive them apart, not that she wanted that to happen or anything.

She walked to one of the chairs that were in front of the desk and sat down after turning it to face them.

After her mother sat down, reluctantly Alex noticed, and she began to talk. "When we first visited the orphanage to adopt a child, I was quickly drawn to you, but someone working there at the time told me that if I was bent on choosing to adopt you, then I have to meet someone who was going to let me know more about you, and what I was getting myself into.

“At first, hearing that made me slow down a bit, but your father had also already fallen in love with you, so he helped me remember why I wanted you. You looked so much like your father, your eyes like his. It was as if you were his child. I never thought that maybe he had you with s