I Stumbled Upon a Headstone in the Woods and Saw My Childhood Photo on It – I Was Sh0cked When I Found out the Truth

“Dad, are we visiting your brother?” Ryan asked.

“Yes,” I said. “His name was Caleb.”

“I wish I could’ve met him.”

“Me too,” I said softly.

The wind stirred the branches overhead.

As I glanced at Tom, a thought flickered through my mind.

Maybe he was the one who pinned that note to my shirt all those years ago. Maybe giving me away wasn’t abandonment — maybe it was the only way he knew how to save me.