The Package Contained a Fifteen-Year-Old Secret Caleb Thought Had Disappeared Forever
Inside the box was a photograph of a newborn, a hospital bracelet, and an unopened laboratory envelope. Beneath them was a letter addressed to Caleb in handwriting he immediately recognized. It was from Jenna, a woman he had dated briefly before we met. Caleb finally admitted that during the first months of our marriage, Jenna had contacted him saying she had recently given birth and there was a possibility the baby was his. She later told him to forget it and disappeared. Caleb never mentioned any of it to me because, according to him, he convinced himself the child belonged to someone else. The package proved Jenna had tried to contact him again.
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