The Two Babies I Found Alone on a Plane Eighteen Years Ago Came Back Into My Life With a Document That Changed Everything

had always waited.

“Did you write letters for them too?” I asked. “The wives before me.”

“Yes.”

“After they were gone?”

“Yes, Mattie.”

I swallowed hard.

“So I am next.”

“Come with me,” he said gently. “If you still want to leave after this, I will not stop you.”

That last part mattered more than I expected. So I went.

We drove in silence. Not the comfortable continue reading …