I Had Barely Finished Holding My Son’s Newborn Baby When a Nurse Pulled Me Aside and Whispered, “That Isn’t the Child He Left With”

Eventually I found a grief counselor near home.

She said:

“Grandparents grieve too.”

I did not need permission.

Apparently I wanted it anyway.

PART 30 — CHLOE’S MOTHER

Her mother, Diane, arrived after I had been there almost a week.

She already knew everything.

That hurt.

“Why did she know?”