My Mother-in-Law Left a Blue Notebook in Our Hallway Closet—After My Son Was Born, I Finally Learned What She Had Been Recording Inside It

“Did she hurt me?”

“She put something on your skin without our permission when you were a baby.”

“Why?”

“She had wrong ideas about whether Dad was your father.”

Thomas looked at Mark.

“You’re my dad.”

“Yes.”

“Was she dumb?”