Chapter 58: Jordan

“Where did you go?” I ask curiously, because when I woke up, she was gone and all I found was a note. 

She looks guilty and that makes me wonder exactly what is going on.  Hesitating, she finally states, “I found out something today that I have wondered my whole life.  The sad part is that I will miss him even more now that I know.” 

Cocking my head, I hate to ask because she maybe talking about loving someone else.  But I must know, so I ask anyway.  “What are you referring to?”

Staring at me, she opens her mouth at first but doesn’t say a word, then she closes her eyes when tears threaten to fall.  I move to hold her and then ask again, “What are you talking about?”

“I found that my real father is dying of cancer.  I didn’t know for sure, but for years I suspected who he was.  Because of little things my mother would say here and there, it led