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”
Her own boundaries.
Julian and Chloe exchanged periodic updates with her because that was what everyone had agreed and later continued by mutual choice.
Birthdays.
Photos.
An occasional video call.
She was part of Oliver’s origin story.
Not his mother.
Not erased either.