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Cate grips the note with trembling hands, looking down at the delicate bundle on her doorstep. As she reaches down to the baby, she knows she has finally got everything she’s ever wished for. But is he hers to take? Cate tries not to cry as she closes the door on the nursery room once again. All she has ever wanted is to be a mother. Cursed with a medical condition that means she is unable to have children, her only option is to wait for a call from the adoption center. But that call feels like a lifetime away.

Clutching my husband’s hand, I screech with delight as the rollercoaster loops through the air. I feel young and free for the first time in years, but as we roll to a stop and I look for our three beloved children in the crowd, I panic. I can only see two. Where is my daughter? Today was meant to be special. A final fun family day out before five-year-old Summer joins her big siblings at school. But in an instant, we’re plunged into a nightmare. We scream her name as we frantically search the amusement park for a glimpse of her flaming red hair.

Apartaste la vista un segundo. Y ahora tu hija ha desaparecido. Hoy tenía que haber sido un día especial. Una última salida familiar antes de que Summer, de cinco años, empiece el colegio junto a sus hermanos mayores. Pero, en un instante, todo se convierte en una pesadilla. Siento en el corazón que Summer está ahí fuera, en algún lugar. Pero, mientras me obsesiono con encontrarla, mi familia se desmorona. Mi hija mayor, Merritt, se encierra en sí misma. Mi hijo Gus está furioso. Y, aunque llevamos diecisiete años casados, mi marido se ha vuelto un desconocido.

No matter what life throws at me, I have always been able to depend on my best friend Rachel. In nineteen years of friendship, we’ve never argued or fallen out. So, I’m wracked by guilt over my decision to keep her daughter Chloe’s pregnancy a secret. I don’t want to break Chloe’s trust but, if I don’t say anything, it could destroy my relationship with Rachel. I hoped Chloe would find the confidence to tell her mom, but days have passed, and the guilt is eating me alive. As much as I want to support Chloe, I don’t know how much longer l can lie to my best friend.