CHAPTER 61
The adoption counselors had talked about empty arm syndrome, but for some reason Jillian hadn’t realized they were talking about an actual physical sensation.
Awake or asleep or in that torturous in-between state, she felt the heaviness of her empty arms.
Arms that just days earlier had held the most beautiful little girl she would ever see in her entire life.
Why had she picked an adoptive family who lived so far away?
The Kims were great. Hannah and Simon sent pictures every day, but how long would they keep that up? He’d go back to pastoring that church, she’d get wrapped up in her duties as a new mom, and they’d forget all about her.
Just like little Emily would.
Just like she already had.
The worst part for Jillian was knowing that she’d made the right choice. That
