The Attic Search I’d Avoided for Three Years
I didn’t message Hannah right away.
I couldn’t.
What would I even say?
Hi, I look exactly like you, but I’ve never been pregnant?
Instead, I did something I’d been avoiding for years.
I went up to the attic.
My mother passed away three years ago.
After the funeral, I shoved boxes up there and told myself I’d go through them “eventually.”
Eventually became three years of avoidance.
That night, with a flashlight and shaky hands, I tore through everything.
