The Color of Hope (The Color of Heaven Series)
“Jacob said as we cleared the table together.
I carried our plates to the sink to rinse them off. “Actually, Nadia and I didn’t grow up together,” I told him. “I only met her for the first time last year.”
“You’re kidding me.” He was bending to open the dishwasher, but straightened upright to look at me.
“No, I’m not.” I handed him my plate and began to rinse the others.
“What happened?” he asked. “If you don’t mind the question.”
I didn’t mind it at all. In fact, for some reason I couldn’t comp...rehend, I wanted to confess everything to this man about my relationship with Nadia, but I limited myself to the facts surrounding our adoptions. Because I was embarrassed by the rest of it; it was rather sordid.
“Our birth mother died when we were born,” I explained, “and our biological father was married to another woman, so he didn’t want to have anything to do with us. We were put up for adoption, but the agency felt it best to separate us, so that’s what they did.”MoreLess
I carried our plates to the sink to rinse them off. “Actually, Nadia and I didn’t grow up together,” I told him. “I only met her for the first time last year.”
“You’re kidding me.” He was bending to open the dishwasher, but straightened upright to look at me.
“No, I’m not.” I handed him my plate and began to rinse the others.
“What happened?” he asked. “If you don’t mind the question.”
I didn’t mind it at all. In fact, for some reason I couldn’t comp...rehend, I wanted to confess everything to this man about my relationship with Nadia, but I limited myself to the facts surrounding our adoptions. Because I was embarrassed by the rest of it; it was rather sordid.
“Our birth mother died when we were born,” I explained, “and our biological father was married to another woman, so he didn’t want to have anything to do with us. We were put up for adoption, but the agency felt it best to separate us, so that’s what they did.”MoreLess
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