My millionaire parents abandoned me pregnant at 19 — 7 years later, they begged me for forgiveness.

EditoronMarch 21, 2026

She flinched.

Then I heard a small voice behind me.

“Mom?”

I turned fast.

“Are you okay, Mom?”

Elia was standing there with our babysitter from the car. Big eyes. Pink shoes. Confused, but not scared.

I dropped to my knees. “Hey, baby.”

“Are you okay, Mom?”

I put my hands on her shoulders. “Yeah. I am now.”

She looked past me at the room full of frozen adults. “Why is everyone weird?”

Adrian knelt beside us. Elia looked at him and asked, “Are we still using purple?”

We met with staff one by one.

He smiled. “Always.”