I had been messaging Aden daily for the past week. Mostly we just talked about Alex and Meredith. He had a lot of questions, of course, and truthfully I didn’t mind answering any of them. It made my heart feel full to know how happy he was. I was afraid he would reject them just as much as I was that he wouldn’t, but he wanted to get to know them. I was taking things day by day. That’s all I could really do for now.
The twins still asked questions, but they were flippant and few and far between. Truthfully I think it disappointed them that I didn’t have more answers for them. I could also sense they were worried about upsetting me if they brought it up too much, which broke my heart to know that I had somehow unintentionally made them feel like they couldn’t be more open with me. It was s
