The words “My Parents Are Alive” that he spoke for the first time a year after we adopted him broke our hearts.
We adopted Bobby, a five-year-old mute child, hoping love would help him heal. For months, he said nothing—until his sixth birthday. After blowing out his candles, he whispered five chilling words: “My parents are still alive.” At the foster home, we learned the truth. Bobby’s wealthy birth parents had paid to fake their deaths after…