I thought my daughter-in-law had simply changed her mind about putting her son online. Then a woman from my son’s past left one sentence under Noah’s photo, and suddenly I was wondering whether I knew my own family as well as I thought.
Rachel had never had a problem with me posting photos of my grandson.
Then one evening, she called me and demanded I delete every picture of five-year-old Noah.
I thought she meant she’d rather I ask first.
“Of course. I’ll check with you next time.”
“No. I mean stop completely. And delete the ones you’ve already posted.”
Her tone caught me off guard.
When I asked why, she just said she didn’t want Noah’s pictures online anymore.
I didn’t argue. I was busy at the time, so I didn’t get around to deleting the photos until a few hours later.
That evening, I finally sat down and opened my profile.
But before I could delete the latest photo, I noticed a new comment under it.
“She still hasn’t told him?”
It was from Melissa.
She was my son Jason’s ex-girlfriend.
She hadn’t been part of our lives for years.
Then I saw her comment.
“Hi, Melissa. I just saw your comment. What hasn’t Rachel told Jason?”
A few minutes passed before she replied.
“You need to ask Rachel.”
“Ask her what?”
“I promised I wouldn’t be the one to tell him.”
I went back to the photo of Noah.
Then one horrible possibility entered my mind.
I called Rachel.
“Is there something you need to tell Jason about Noah?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Rachel, is Jason his father?”
That was when she exploded.
“What?! How dare you ask me that?!”
“Then tell me what Melissa meant.”
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