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Mia’s story began 14 years after mine.
By then, Vivian was 31 and living independently.
She had a brief relationship with a married architect named Stephen Lawson. When she became pregnant, he promised to leave his wife.
He never did.
Vivian refused to repeat the arrangement forced on her as a teenager. She gave birth to Mia and raised her alone for four years.
Then Vivian was diagnosed with a serious heart condition.
“She thought she was dying,” Mia explained. “She placed me temporarily with my father and his wife.”
Vivian recovered.
But Stephen and his wife refused to return Mia.
A legal battle followed.
Because Stephen was listed as the father, had more money, and claimed Vivian’s health made her unstable, he received primary custody.
Mia spent summers at the seaside house until she turned 18.
“Why did you stop coming eleven years ago?” I asked.
