At Christmas, My Parents Made My Adopted Daughter Wash Dishes. Then a Letter Revealed the Secret They Had Kept for Six Years.

On the ride home she asked whether two people could be important at the same time.

I said yes.

“Like Bunny and the blue elephant?” she asked.

“Exactly like Bunny and the blue elephant.” She leaned against the seat.

“I think Camilla is nice,” she said.

Then, after a pause, “But you’re still my dad.” “Always,” I answered.

That night Camilla sent a message thanking me for not rushing the day.

I almost replied with a line about our old relationship, about how much I’d missed her, but stopped myself.