My Husband Received a Christmas Gift from His First Love – After He Opened It in Front of Us, Our Life Changed Forever
Greg entered and froze when he saw her. He said his heart had recognized her before his mind could catch up.
She looked just like his sister at that age — same eyes, and the same way of standing with her arms folded tight, like she was afraid to unfold too much of herself.
Her name was Audrey.
Callie had looked up and said quietly, “Thank you for coming.”
Audrey just stared at him, her expression unreadable.
Greg said the three of them sat at a corner table, speaking in cautious words. Audrey asked questions. Where did you grow up? What was your favorite movie in college? Why weren’t you there?
He said he wanted to scream for never having known she existed.
Audrey asked questions.
Callie explained it all in a voice Greg described as hollow. She had found out she was pregnant after they broke up. That she had been dating someone else — the rich man she eventually married — and told him the baby was his.
She had convinced herself it was the best choice. Greg didn’t need to know that, and her husband would be a better father, anyway.
And maybe he was, for a while, until Audrey got curious and ordered a DNA test from one of those ancestry sites.
She did it just for fun.
She did it just for fun.
Greg ran his fingers through his hair, looking both stunned and angry. “She found out the truth last month and demanded answers. Callie panicked. That’s when she sent the photo.”
I sat down slowly. “So she knew this whole time and just… never told you?”
“She said she thought she was protecting everyone. But Audrey wasn’t just a name on a piece of paper. She was real. She looked at me like… like she had been waiting her whole life.”
I sat down slowly.
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