I Adopted a Teenage Boy After 10 Families Had Given Up on Him-Two Weeks Later, One Sentence From Him Nearly Made Me Faint

expected one of us to feel betrayed.

Ruby rolled her eyes.

“Fine. Ask your mom. You’re both annoying.”

Eli blinked, then laughed.

A moment later, they were arguing again.

Hannah’s sweatshirt still hung over her chair. Samuel’s books remained beside his bed. Loving Eli had not erased them, and welcoming Ruby did not threaten my place in his life.

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