Our Daughter Had a Twin Sister We Never Told Her About—On Her 18th Birthday, My Husband Brought Out a Chest He’d Been Building for 18 Years

That was difficult to accept.

PART 25 — ARTHUR’S BROTHER

Uncle David handled it worse.

“I always thought your parents should tell you, but it wasn’t my place.”

Chloe answered:

“So everyone had an opinion except me.”

He looked ashamed.

Fair.

Later he apologized without explanation.

Better.

PART 26 — THE BIRTHDAY PROBLEM

The following September, Chloe began dreading her nineteenth birthday.