I am a 62-year-old widow with one son and three grandchildren—or at least, that’s what I believed for most of my life.
After my husband passed, my son became my anchor. I poured everything I had into him—my time, my savings, my heart.

Or so I thought.
A few weeks ago, a truth slipped out—accidentally, cruelly. A document. A date that didn’t line up. A quiet conversation that suddenly made too much sense. And just like that, my world cracked open.
My first grandchild—the one I had adored for fourteen years—was not my blood. My daughter-in-law had been pregnant by another man when she married my son. Worse than that… my son knew. He had known all along. And he never told me.
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