We Adopted a 3-Year-Old Boy – When My Husband Went to Bathe Him for the First Time, He Shouted, ‘We Must Return Him!’
After years of infertility, we adopted 3-year-old Sam, whose blue eyes won our hearts. But when Mark, my husband, saw Sam’s birthmark during a bath, he panicked, shouting, “We must return him!” The mark matched Mark’s exactly. Suspecting the truth, I secretly tested their DNA, confirming Mark was Sam’s biological father from a drunken conference fling. He’d known the moment he saw the mark but hid it, just as he hid his affair while I endured fertility treatments. Devastated, I confronted him, and he confessed.
I filed for divorce and sought full custody of Sam, unwilling to let him be abandoned again. Mark didn’t fight, and now keeps his distance. Sam, now a remarkable young man, calls me “Mama,” and our bond is unbreakable. Despite the betrayal, I chose love over regret, vowing never to give Sam up. Sometimes, the universe delivers gifts wrapped in heartache, but love is always a choice.
