When the Eight-Year-Old Boy We Were Adopting Came Home With Everything He Owned in a Black Bag—Then My Missing Brother’s Watch Fell Onto His Bed
“For as long as you need it.”
Oliver’s eyes narrowed.
Melissa had warned us about promises.
Children who had heard:
forever
from adults who later disappeared could experience the word very differently than adults intended.
So I corrected what I had been about to say.
“We hope this becomes permanent, Oliver.”
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