“Tomorrow. Here at the shop, at noon.”
I was scared, but agreed. I wanted… no… needed answers.
“They want to meet you.”
I didn’t sleep that night.
Not because I couldn’t, but because my mind wouldn’t stop working behind the scenes.
***
By morning, I was back at the shop.
Waiting for my real family.
The bell above the door rang.
And everything inside me went still.
A middle-aged couple walked in.
Well-dressed, composed. But their eyes—
Their eyes were locked on me.