"Grandma, you eat the biggest piece. I’m the youngest. I'll eat the smaller piece." Charlotte handed Daisy the largest piece of watermelon back while nibbling the one in her hand.
"Oh, my granddaughter is so kind. Tell me, what did you learn at school today?"
"Respect our olders.” She thought carefully and said in a soft, tender voice.
Hearing this, Daisy could not help laughing. "Respect our elders, honey, not olders."
"Err, right, elders." Charlotte rubbed her face awkwardly.
Summer kept wanting to talk about the issue but held back, and eventually, she did not ask the question. After lulling Charlotte to sleep, she went to the living room for a glass of water and found Daisy still sitting o n the sofa, sorting out Charlotte's childhood photos.
In front of her lay three or four photo albums. Sitting down on the sofa, she picked up a photo album and flipped through it at random. She found that those were her photos, taken when she was very young. The whole album was all pictures of her when she was still a child, but there were no pictures of her when
she was born.
Her heart trembled more than ever, and at last she asked, "Mom, am I adopted?"
Daisy paused, her face stiffened, then she looked up at her quietly. "What’s wrong?”
"Am I adopted?" She repeated, the voice inside her screaming NO, there must be some mistake! How she wished she would say no!
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