I studied him carefully.
“Are you happy?”
He shut the computer too quickly.
“Hanna, of course I am. This is what we wanted.”
But something inside me twisted painfully.
Because I no longer believed him.
Then one afternoon, both boys miraculously fell asleep at the same time.
I walked quietly down the hallway hoping for a moment of peace when I heard Joshua talking inside his office.
His voice sounded strained.
“I can’t keep lying to her.”
I froze instantly.
My pulse started pounding.
“She thinks I wanted this because I dreamed about having a family with her…”
Silence followed.
Then Joshua broke down sobbing.
“But that’s not why I adopted the boys.”
