For me.
For my daughter.
For a future I thought had already been taken.
Later that day, my phone rang.
Lee.
I stared at the screen for a long time.
Then I let it ring.
Because for the first time in months, I didn’t feel abandoned.
I felt… held.
That evening, I sat on my porch with her letter in my lap and my hand on my belly.
“We’re staying,” I whispered.
My daughter kicked again, softer this time.
Like she agreed.
The house wasn’t just a house anymore.
It was a second chance.
A promise.
A reminder that kindness doesn’t disappear—it multiplies, quietly, in ways you never see coming.
The sun dipped low, the heat finally easing, and I smiled through tears as I looked down at my stomach.
“I know your name now,” I said softly.
Mabel.
