My Son Brought Home a One-Eyed Cat Because He Said They Matched—Two Days Later, a Hidden Note Under Its Collar Left Me in Tears

again. And…”

“What?”

“Leo’s birthday is Saturday. Every year, people who loved him meet in the hospital garden. I wanted Benji, Captain, there this year.”

The words hit me immediately.

I stood so quickly that the porch chair scraped loudly behind me.

“No. I can’t take Noah back there.”

“I understand.”

“No, you don’t. I spent two years trying to get that hospital continue reading …