A lonely school bus driver remembered every child’s birthday—one afternoon, the entire town came together to surprise him.

much. But when I got older, I learned there had been a couple who wanted me before everything fell through. I spent years trying to find out who you were.”

He looked like the ground had shifted under him.

Hannah held out the box.

“I brought this because I thought maybe you’d recognize it.”

His hands shook as he took it.

He opened the paper carefully, like continue reading …