So, I gave her an envelope—not of money, but every receipt, every dollar I’d spent raising her son. Furious, she stormed off.

I made it official soon after—I adopted Jake. I told him the truth: that he wasn’t born to me, but he has always been mine. And when he asked if she ever asked about him, I had to say no.But I chose him. Every single day. And I always will.Her greatest mistake became the best thing that ever happened to me.