Chapter 14 - LUCAS
The birth father complicated things.
Lucas Reed had died four years earlier in a motorcycle accident.
He had never sought contact after the adoption.
Diane said he regretted that.
Could not prove.
His parents, George and Amelia Reed, did not know Diane had tried to reconnect.
They believed the adoption remained fully closed.
When informed through proper channels, they requested information.
Not immediate contact.
Good.
Emily suddenly had an expanding biological family tree.
We slowed everything down.
No parade of relatives.
May you like
No titles.
No one got to show up with genetic credentials and demand intimacy.
