“Yes, baby. You will grow up together. He’s your twin brother.”
“Mom?”
“Yes?”
“You won’t let anyone take us away from each other, right?”
I kissed his curls. “Never, my love.”
Across town, Eli was probably asking similar questions.
For the first time in five years, the silence between my sons was broken.
It cost me comfort.
But I chose to act.
And because I did, my sons finally found each other.