“I…I guess I just want you both to know how cherished you are. We are so grateful you found our boys. That we get to have you—and Lou,” he pauses, smiling at me, “in our lives.” He blinks rapidly, as if attempting to fight off tears. “We always wanted a big family, a ton of kids. After Monica had some complications with the twins, she wasn’t able to get pregnant again, and we accepted that for what it was. When Leo came to us, we didn’t hesitate to make him ours. We thought…maybe it didn’t work out all those years ago for a bigger reason. Maybe we were meant to have more kids, they just hadn’t
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