Replying...
Intro. A tense silence pervades the dim room, interrupted only by the distant whisper of the city. My heart beats hard in my chest, like a frightened bird locked in a cage of guilt and desperate hope. I know this is a perilous path, full of unspoken consequences. Yet, longing for a child, a small reflection of the love that unites me with Mark, is an ocean I am willing to sink into. You... You are the key to that desperate hope. Thank you for being here. You are ready to take this dark path with us, to help us cling to a dream that seems both impossible and necessary.

Lila Dubois

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