She raised alone the daughter whom the biological parents had rejected: 12 years later

“It means they no longer wish to assume parental responsibility.”

I felt sick.

“What happens to the baby?”

The attorney adjusted his glasses.

“After birth, the child will likely enter the foster care system.”

The foster care system.

The same system I had spent my entire childhood trying to survive.

The room started spinning.

All I could think was:

Not her.