Texting your mom the morning before the family beach trip...

Conversation

1. Mom, my DNA test just matched a 'parent' named Owen.
2. Which test did you take?
3. Ancestry, it literally labeled him 'parent' with a photo.
4. Please don't start this right now.
5. I already looked, there's a hidden photo labeled 'for—'.
6. You went into my phone?
7. Yes, it's his face next to a note that says 'for—' with my name.
8. I meant to tell you when you were ready, not like this.
9. Ready? We're leaving for the beach tomorrow morning.
10. I know, I panicked and hid things I shouldn't have.
11. So you hid my possible father's picture from me?
12. It wasn't always that simple, there are details.
13. Details like what—an affair, a donor, a lie?
14. Before your father, I made a choice that I thought was best.
15. A choice that left me not knowing my own blood?