My Husband Filed for Emergency Custody Before My Flight—Then the Pink Ribbon on My Missing Suitcase Led Me to My Mother’s 28-Year-Old Secret
Her expression softened.
“Then keep them with Lily’s records.”
I put Margaret’s certified letter into the blue custody folder.
Twenty-eight years of absence reduced to a few pages.
Not enough to tell me where she went.
Enough to tell me she had remembered me.
That changed something fundamental.
My mother might still have chosen to leave.