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

Then he decided against it.

“Why?”

I asked.

“Because it’s mine too.”

That answer made sense.

Richard did not own the name forever.

Neither did his mistakes.

PART 38 — BEATRICE’S WORST FEAR

One afternoon, Beatrice admitted something.

“When I saw Hope’s arm, I thought God was punishing me.”