Now I was ready to throw it away just because my biological parents brought me a toy and smiled at me.

“They’re coming back before visiting hours end,” I said.

“They said they were going to get a hotel.”

“Go back upstairs and see what they have to say,” Rachel said.

I rode the elevator back up to the third floor.

The hallways were quiet.

The overhead lights had been dimmed for the night shift.

When I pushed open the door to Room 314, Linda and Richard were standing by the window.