Like Letters Written in the Sand, Part Eighteen

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“Anna-leis, I can’t promise you a child, that this adoption will happen, but I can promise you I am going to fight to make it happen, and I can promise you that I’ll love you until my last breath, and beyond that.” Clarence promised, as he held Anna-leis supporting her as she stood.

“I know.” Anna-leis said. “And I am grateful, but I don’t know what I was expecting, this all of this…