Every birthday.
Every Christmas.
Every anniversary.
Her room stayed exactly as she’d left it.
Ten years after Emily disappeared, everything changed.
Nora received a message from an unknown accoun
It simply asked,
“Did your dad stop looking for me after he adopted you?”
My heart nearly stopped.
Another message followed.
“I need to know if he replaced me.”
Then a photograph appeared.
She stood outside with tears streaming down her face.
Then she opened the front door.
Behind her stood a woman I hadn’t seen in ten years.
Emily.
I collapsed before I even realized my knees had given out.
“It’s me, Dad.”
I pulled her into my arms.
“I never stopped loving you.”
She cried harder.
“They told me you didn’t want me anymore.”
Emily finally explained everything.
After our argument, she had called her grandparents.
They picked her up and convinced her she should stay with them overnight.
