Adoption Hearing Takes Dramatic Turn After Girl Breaks Her Silence
The Safe Place
The judge leaned forward, speaking with gentle clarity. “This is your story, Olive. Not just theirs. You don’t have to protect anyone’s feelings. You only have to be honest.” Something in his words unlocked a door she hadn’t known she’d closed.
For the first time in a long time, she felt permission—not to be grateful or polite, but real. She whispered truths she had been too scared to speak. Her longing for her birth parents. Her confusion. Her fear of hurting Ana and Owen. And as the words spilled out, so did the tears she’d kept buried deep inside.
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