Chapter 11 - JONATHAN LEARNED WHO HIS MOTHER WASJonathan eventually chose to meet Margaret.
Not because she deserved it.
Because he wanted information about Caroline.
His biological mother had died twelve years earlier.
He would never meet her.
Margaret brought photographs.
Letters.
A school yearbook.
Jonathan stared at Caroline’s face.
Then whispered:
“I have her eyes.”
Margaret cried.
He asked:
“Why did she give me away?”
Margaret answered honestly.
“She was seventeen.”
“Our parents controlled everything.”
“She wanted to keep you.”
“They told her she would destroy the family.”
Then:
“I did not help her.”
Jonathan looked at her.
Margaret continued:
“I was twenty-one and afraid of my parents too.”
No heroic revision.
Good.
Then:
“Later, I told myself adoption gave you a better life.”
“Did you look for me?”
“No.”
That hurt.
Jonathan nodded.
“Okay.”
Not forgiveness.
May you like
Information.
Enough.
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