When Gavin’s absent mother shows up after twenty years, she carries more than just a familiar face from long ago… she carries a hidden truth that endangers all his hard work. Yet what starts as a clash fast turns into a deep realization, pushing Gavin to decide between his biological roots… and the father who brought him up.
My name is Gavin, and my past has been… pretty messy.
My mother, Miranda, gave birth to me at a very young age. She and my father, Simon, were practically just kids themselves. I heard they attempted to stay together for a bit, but whatever bond they shared simply was not tough enough to survive.
It didn’t survive the pregnancy… and it certainly didn’t survive my arrival.
On the day of my birth, my dad hurried to the delivery ward, believing he was about to welcome his little boy and begin a fresh start with my mom.
Rather than that, she just passed me right over to my dad.
“I have no desire to be a parent, Simon,” she told him. “I don’t want this baby. You take care of him.”
