“This child is not your biological daughter… there was a mix-up at birth.”
Lily’s heart stopped.
She replayed it.
Again.
And again.
“Not your biological daughter…”
Her mother walked into the room…
saw the phone…
and knew.
The secret she had buried for years…
was finally out.
“Mom… I’m not your daughter?”
The question was quiet…
but it carried enough pain to break everything.
Her mother slowly sat in front of her, eyes filled with tears.
“I didn’t give birth to you…
but God gave you to me.”
Silence filled the room.
Then Lily whispered:
“So… you could leave me?”
That’s when her mother broke.
She pulled her into a tight embrace, holding her like she might disappear.
“Listen to me…
I didn’t choose you by accident…
I choose you every single day.”
