« How is this possible? » I whispered.
I hadn’t spoken to Beth since the weeks after Cole was born.
The principal folded her hands. « We’re waiting for the other parent, and then you’ll understand everything. »
The door opened. I turned and saw my younger sister, Beth, standing there.
« Mom. »
I hadn’t spoken to Beth since the weeks after Cole was born. Mark told me she had stopped answering my calls because she could not bear to be around my baby after learning she could not have children.
Beth asked the principal to send the boys back to class so the adults could talk.
I wrote Beth emails that bounced back. I left voicemails she never returned. Mark held me while I cried and said, « Some people leave when pain gets too close. »
Beth asked the principal to send the boys back to class so the adults could talk. Once the door closed, she looked at me and asked, « Did Mark never tell you? »
I laughed once. « Tell me what? »
