Some had grown up their entire lives with inaccurate family histories.
Some had birthdays or names that might not even be correct.
Others had spent decades wondering why parts of their personal histories never quite made sense.
Then Agent Morris looked directly at me.
“I want to make one thing clear immediately,” she said. “Your adoption was not compromised.”
I exhaled.
“Helen and her husband completed everything through proper legal channels. There is no question about the validity of your adoption.”
Some tension I hadn’t realized I was carrying finally left my chest.
Then Agent Morris turned back to Mom.
“During your time at Maplewood, did you keep anything? Records? Photographs? Copies of files?”
Mom went very still.
Then she nodded.
“Yes.”
Agent Morris leaned forward.
“How much?”
“Everything I could.”
We all stared at her.
Mom explained that when she began suspecting something was wrong with Maplewood, she quietly made copies of records.
