The Oilman's Daughter
“Look at this sad poor woman, she thought, telling me that my father was a big oilman down in Texas. It was a strange way to assuage her guilt over giving her up for adoption. But now she at least knew who her birth mother was. She also found out that she had seven half-siblings and got in touch with one of them, Louise’s oldest daughter, Diana Stiebens, who lived in Kansas.
As the two were getting to know each other on the phone, Judith brought up what her mother had told her. “Can you believe ...this crazy story that my father was M. A. Wright?” she said. “How ridiculous is this?”
“It’s not ridiculous at all,” Diana told her. “That is your father. I met him.”
Stunned but still suspicious, Judith decided to do some research of her own, just to find out if M. A. Wright was real. She started with the library in Joplin, figuring that if the man had existed, and he was as big as her mother had said, there would be some record of him there. The librarian agreed to help her and a few days later called back to say she’d found news stories about an M.MoreLess
As the two were getting to know each other on the phone, Judith brought up what her mother had told her. “Can you believe ...this crazy story that my father was M. A. Wright?” she said. “How ridiculous is this?”
“It’s not ridiculous at all,” Diana told her. “That is your father. I met him.”
Stunned but still suspicious, Judith decided to do some research of her own, just to find out if M. A. Wright was real. She started with the library in Joplin, figuring that if the man had existed, and he was as big as her mother had said, there would be some record of him there. The librarian agreed to help her and a few days later called back to say she’d found news stories about an M.MoreLess
Read book The Oilman's Daughter for free
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
9 / 10
User Reviews: