I smiled at Dale as he greeted me and headed in to where my family was waiting. I had met him the other day when we finished up the adoption papers. Jacob was legally mine. Now, we stood in the courthouse to get married. I wanted to be excited. I just hated the dress I was in. Somehow over the last week I have doubled in size. My dress only enhanced that. I tried being stronger than my upbringing. Yet, standing here in this white dress I felt like an imposter. Angelica words of me not being enough were loud in my head. My rounded face and tummy made me wince. It was lies all lies. I was under my goal weight and my doctor was not pleased. My tummy was round not because I was overweight but because I had two precious angels sleeping under my heart. Tears filled my eyes as her cruel l