“The floodgates opened and all I could do was cry. I had gone over this conversation in my head a thousand times, but I couldn’t get a single word out. I had so many questions. Up until this point, I kept it a secret from my dad. I was afraid of him getting hurt.”
‘I got a call from a strange number. I immediately trembled. Inside I was screaming, ‘Answer the phone! It’s her!’ Then came a voice I’ve waited my whole life to hear. ‘Hello, is this Heather?’
‘I was adopted as a baby. After 31 years, I finally got to meet my biological father who NEVER KNEW I EXISTED.’
“Tears welled up in my eyes as the reality of this hit. The biggest mystery of my life—the one thing I would have given anything to find, was now right in front of me.”
