I learned I was stolen on a Tuesday, under fluorescent airport lights that made everything look too sharp to be real. By the time the attorney slid my baby photo across the table beside the headline INFANT DAUGHTER MISSING FROM WRECKAGE, my life had already split in two: the one I remembered and the one I had been robbed of. Love and crime collided in my chest, both undeniable, both mine to carry, and every breath after that felt like cho… Continues…
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