I Adopted Four Siblings Who Were Going to Be Split Up – a Year Later, a Stranger Showed Up and Revealed the Truth About Their Biological Parents

My eyes burned. While the system was getting ready to split them up, their parents had literally written, Don’t separate our kids. They’d tried to protect them, even from that.

“Where’s the house?” I asked.

She gave me the address.

It was across town.

That weekend, I loaded all four into the car.

“Can I take them to see it?” I asked.

“I think their parents would’ve wanted that.”

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That weekend, I loaded all four into the car.

“We’re going somewhere important.”

“Is it the zoo?” Ruby asked.

“Is there ice cream?” Cole added.

“You remember it?”

“There might be ice cream after. If everyone behaves.”

We pulled up in front of a small beige bungalow with a maple tree in the yard.

The car went quiet.