‘How can you ever be sure . . . ?’ said Kiyanna.
Hannah leaned over and placed her pale hand over Kiyanna’s graceful brown fingers. ‘Your baby will be fine. In every way. I just know it. And you will be a wonderful mother. The two of you will be great parents. You just have to start out with all the hope in the world and believe that it will be fine. Because it will.’
Kiyanna frowned. ‘I guess if you can believe that . . .’
Hannah looked out at Sydney, shrieking and smiling and rolling on the grass with her pup. Did she really believe that? That she and Adam had done their best and it wasn’t their fault? Some professionals in the field of psychology had told them that it was not. That Lisa’s twisted psychology was inborn. Others had looked askance and sighed when they heard her story, suggesting that indeed, they bore much responsibility. And in her heart, Hannah agreed with them. They had raised Lisa. She was a product of their genes. How could it not be their fault at some level? The minister she had talked to had preached forgiveness. Both for herself and for Lisa. Forgive, and put it behind you.
And now, she was raising another child. Her grandchild. The doubts about her own fitness to mother Sydney often surfaced in her mind. Luckily Sydney gave her little time or reason to worry. But secretly, she would always wonder. How could it be any other way? Still, since this was her fate, she tried to look upon it as her second chance. A chance to raise a child who was happy and healthy. Good. Sane. Whole. What other choice did she have? ‘I have to believe it,’ she said firmly. ‘I do.’
THE END
ALSO BY PATRICIA MACDONALD
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FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE
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MISSING CHILD
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