The desire to have a child was so strong that it took up all of Mia and Mark’s energy and drove them to do whatever it took to achieve it.
After several failed attempts to conceive and spending a lot of money on IVF and therapy, they came to terms with the fact that they would not be having a child on their own.
In the end, they decided to adopt. But things were more complicated than they appeared.
Because Mark was so busy running the business, Mia was left in charge of the procedure. She had to contact agencies, fill out paperwork, and review lists of children in need of a caring home.
While perusing the documents, she spotted a small child, maybe three years old.
They first wanted to adopt a baby but realized the chances were slim, so they decided to welcome a toddler into their hearts and home instead.
Mia couldn’t take her eyes off the child, whose eyes were the color of the sky and the most beautiful she had ever seen. The photo of that cute young boy made her feel as if she had known him for centuries.
They eventually took Sam home when everything was completed.
He was the cutest boy there was. Most significantly, he got along well with Mia and Mark throughout the first few weeks of living with them, even calling her “mom.”
The whole scene seemed picture-perfect. When Mia’s biggest dream—becoming a mother—came true, she felt like the happiest person alive. Life felt good, and Mia was thankful that she and her husband were doing well.
But one night, which started out like any other, changed everything.
Mark mentioned that he wanted to give the youngster a bath as Sam was ready for one. Mia was happy that Mark was committed to his new role and thought that spending some time together alone would improve the relationship between the father and son.
“But we have to give him back!” Mark replied, helping Sam to undress and climb into the bathtub.
Mia came to a halt. “What the heck was going on?” she wondered herself.
“Mark, how can we return a child?” She asked him.
But Mark seemed determined. He said the whole thing was too much to him and that he couldn’t handle the new life.
Mia was heartbroken. She was taken aback by her husband’s remarks. It was unusual for his emotions to shift so abruptly. But she was aware that the story went beyond what he was narrating.
The night was long. Mia struggled to get to sleep. But then she got an idea. Sam and Mark both had birthmarks on the bottoms of their feet from infancy. To examine the birthmark more closely, she walked to Sam’s room. At that moment, she realized that his birthmark and Mark’s were almost identical.
In the morning, she asked Mark if he had anything to confess. He stated, crushed, that he wanted to give Sam back since he felt he was his biological son. When he saw the birthmark, he felt concerned.
It turned out that Mark had an affair with a woman he met at a bar. Despite his assertions that it was a one-time affair, Mia was crushed to learn that he had cheated on her when she was most vulnerable and that she had to go through painful IVF operations.
Although it was obvious that Mark felt awful about cheating on his wife, Mia couldn’t help but notice it. She couldn’t stay with Mark any longer. Mark gave Mia parental rights, becoming her Sam’s sole guardian.
Even though their interactions were limited to sporadic visits and mail-delivered birthday gifts, Mark remained somewhat involved in his son’s life.
Mia believed she had made the correct decision for herself and Sam when she realized that Mark was prepared to give up on his child in order to prevent his affair from being found out.
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