I Spent Fourteen Years Raising Him—He Thanked His Dad’s New Wife Instead

How do I process losing the child I raised as if he were my own? Was I wrong to speak up? And is there any way back from this—or did I just lose him forever?

Note: This story is a work of fiction inspired by real events. Names, characters, and details have been altered. Any resemblance is coincidental.

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