On what should have been the happiest day of Avril’s life, her future mother-in-law, Allison, burst into the church mid-ceremony, clutching a letter and demanding the wedding stop. What followed turned Avril’s world upside down.
Allison, who had been kind and supportive throughout the wedding preparations, revealed an astonishing secret. After noticing Avril’s birthmark, she had sent a strand of Avril’s hair for a DNA test. The results confirmed what she had long suspected: Avril was the daughter she’d been forced to give up for adoption as a teenager.
Shock rippled through Avril and her fiancé, Sam. Was their relationship now impossible? Allison quickly assured them they weren’t biologically related—Sam was her adopted son.
The wedding resumed, but the revelation changed everything. Avril now had to process that her mother-in-law was also her biological mother. In the days that followed, Allison shared her story of guilt, longing, and the letters she’d written to her lost daughter over the years.
Though the situation was complicated, Avril found comfort in her new reality. Family, she realized, isn’t about how you meet—it’s about what you make of the time you have together.
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