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

Then I looked at my daughter.

“Because this place used to belong to people who thought love had to be earned.”

She thought about that. “And now?”

Then she ran ahead across the grass, laughing.

I squeezed her hand.

“Now it belongs to people who know better.”

Then she ran ahead across the grass, laughing.

And this time, no gates closed behind us.