My Mother-in-Law Saw My Newborn Daughter’s Arm and Went Pale—Then She Told Us We Couldn’t Keep Her

We chose the name before the results.

While uncertainty still existed.

That distinction mattered.

Hope did not mean:

Everything will turn out well.

It meant:

We are going to love this child while we do not know what comes next.

That was a stronger definition.

PART 36 — BEATRICE TELLS THE EXTENDED FAMILY

Eventually, Julian decided the truth about his birth should not remain another secret.