Articles Book III - Pg 1-117 (Adoptees) - triadoption

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hhdted. Mh tl iwims rwo haws eod:
week at the Y, but It's just to keep ha
weight c rw. Dod hod never wen c
hlgh xhod boslcetbdl gome untll (
mode the teom. . , -
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'.. I forced mwlf to rertiew? the letter
ond read on.
"I wont to see you. If you ond Vwr
. porents agree to o meefhg, you con'
contoct me ot the number glven..
Whotwerpdecide.Ibveyou." '
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,There wos no slgnotwe, onty the,
, number. It w s our area code, but I '
don't thlnk cur row. 1
I'm not we how brig I mr thete,
,storing or the letter. How mony times
hod I dreorned of meetlng my reol
porentd ILe ohvoys wondered obout
~hern-fmtdzed obwr them. Now, I
' wm't sure how I feh. Excited, we,
but olso xored. ReoUy xored.
y foce muw hove mirrored my
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confaJM Vhen I went to the
ldtchen with the letter. Rle mlnute
Mom sow me she stopped peeling
the corrots ond wiped her hods on o
dish towel.
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"MoMI, wt~ot's vmng? Dod newS
from Rob?" .--
I shdc mv heod, ofmM to trust my -- - ..
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! kce ond hbded her the envelope. . . ., ;
Whcn she fmished reading she folded
the letter ve, prw, I;ur in (he ONE, not even ywr other porents, con and I d~dn't wont to wol~ lhot long. R.
sot do.+ , the em tolce you owq hM us. Yw're nolty. Mom suggested FrMoy. khool
our little girl for ohvoys."
wos W! 01 1 :30 tlmt day for teochen'
"Well. I olwoys thwghr we'd molce "Wwld hhr fw me)" I 04~4. meetlngs ond I didn't hove o gome or
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the firs move. And roiunrl you were
proctke.
21." When she lodced ot me, her . "YW lvww we,wovld." "I'M tole off work or noon," Mom
eps were brimmhg WAI~ lean. "out. . "If I ew go to see my olher pot... :mid."Wth both of us free, we con get
we'w toUwxi oobour . . .her." win, will and Dad 90 with me 'Ihe house cleaned UD ond food
"Yes." My ace wos'o whlsper. It
hod been yeon since we'd tollced
much obour my other porents-yeon
slnce we'd needed to. I muu hove
bm7or81henwdIrememberbe
comlng frlghtened thot they mlght
find me ond tolee me owoy from
Mom ond Dod. I didn't tdl onyone, but
I storted hoving horrible, rerrlfylng
nightmares.
T
he theme wos olwoys the
some. I wos coprured by o
mean, wroog wornon and lkpt on
top of o mountoln. In o deep well or
In o buiMmng sunwnded by fire. Mom
ond Dod lepr twng to texue me but
lhey weren't wrong mough. I'd wolce
up xreomlng, drendred wlth swwt.
After four or f~e of these dreoms.
MMn Ilgured out whot WOS wroog.
"Monnl, I wont you to lmw tho1 NO
and hold my hods?" :
"I promise." ;
I shut my eyes, remembering how
Mom hod crodled me, wrdhg my
hair ond telling me how much she
loved me. When I opened them, I sow
her row, os ofrold of Mng me as I'd
, been of logng her oU those yeon 090.
I'd olwy, loved Mom In the sense
rho1 ldds ore supposed to "W their
porents, but wddenty I feh love for her
as on oYecwhelming emotlon. I put
my orms orwnd her ond buried my
foce In her holr.
"Whot ore we gang to do?"
She wiped her eyes ond potled my
hond. "Do? I gues we should 04s her
to d~nner." ' I
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eclding wos ~ s cwnpored y to
doing It. Toduy wos Wedndoy.
Dod wouldn't. be home for o wcek
rqody."
She thought I should relephone wlfh
the Im4rorion. I thought of 20 reoms
why I cot~ldn't. She mode the call ond
as she ddiled. I olmow pafed ro one
wwM answer.
Someone did.
"Thn is Deverty Mosoner." Mwn soid.
Her Mlw wos YW and fcimol. "My
dwghter ... Monk0 .. . rec* your
letter this ohernoon. 9~'s odous to
meet you. Could you Joh us for dim
FrMq nlght?"
Dy the doclc, there wos o 15.secd
.pause. Dy llie bearing of my hMn, it
wos holf o l~fetlpt. Then Mwn said.
"Vcv good. Shol we my 7 p.m.?"
Another pause, shorter, before
Mom osleed. "Will you be comlng
alone?" SUence, rlen. "I understand.
Yes. we'll expect you then."
Wheri Mom hung up I hibalded
her wllli qtrestlons. "Wliot's her