A pause. Then a soft, resigned “Alright.”
For the first time since he was born, I felt a deep sense of peace. We were home. Truly home.
I don’t believe in holding grudges, but what they did was unforgivable.
Family should be about love, understanding, and compromise—but they treated us like intruders in a place that was never theirs to begin with.
It was only then that I understood something fundamental: sometimes, blood isn’t what makes a family. Respect is. And in this home, finally, we had both.