Three little girls in Central Park recognized the tattoo on my arm—when they said their last name, a seven-year secret I was never meant to uncover came to light

a few feet away.

Her face stayed calm, but her hand tightened around the phone she was holding.

“Adrian Bell.”

Hearing my name in her voice after all those years hurt something in my chest.

“You remember.”

She swallowed.

“Of course I remember.”

Neither of us said anything for a moment.

Then I said the words that had kept me up all night.

“Are they mine?”

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