Confronting His Parents
That evening, Jake sat down with his parents, the folder in his hands. “Why didn’t you tell me?” he asked quietly.
His mother looked at him, eyes brimming with tears. “We were close friends with your biological parents,” she said.
“When they vanished, we were heartbroken. We waited… but they never came back.” His father nodded solemnly. The weight of the truth hung heavy between them.
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