In My Father’s Garden

I never imagined my grumpy neighbor Mr. Sloan had a kind bone in his body—let alone that he’d leave me his house.

After years of feuding, I was stunned to learn he’d named me in his will. But there was a condition:

I had to care for an elderly woman named Rose, someone I’d never met. With my flower business struggling, I agreed.

Rose seemed sweet but demanding—early pill runs, oddly specific meals. My patience wore thin until I found an old photo

in Sloan’s garage: Rose holding a baby, standing beside a young Mr. Sloan. On the back, it read: “Rose and my girl, August 1985.”

I froze. I’d grown up in foster care, never knowing my birth parents. Could that baby be me?

When I asked Rose, she quietly confirmed it. She and Sloan had been young and scared when they gave me up.

Sloan eventually found me but never had the courage to reveal the truth—so he moved in next door, watching from a distance.

The house wasn’t just a gift. It was his way of giving back, of saying what he couldn’t.

And Rose wasn’t just someone to care for—she was my mother. The family I never thought I’d find.

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