The night I found a newborn baby ab..and..o.n..ed in the rain changed everything. I had no idea that decades later, the man who left her would come back, with a demand I never saw coming.
I never imagined my life would unravel this way. Even now, as I sit here reliving it all, my hands tremble slightly above the keys. It began over two decades ago on a night I thought would be like any other. But instead, it changed the course of my life forever.
Almost 23 years ago, I was 44, barely surviving the loss of my husband, Alaric. We had been in a beautiful marriage before he died suddenly from a heart attack in his sleep. And with him went the laughter, the warmth, the music, and the rhythm of our home.
