The Adoption

They shared an uncanny resemblance --- the same pair of striking blue eyes, light hair, broad shoulders, and tall gait. And yet, they were at least a quarter of a century apart from each other --- the younger one of the two was a student on a scholarship program at Columbia where the older one was a Professor of History.

They came from different parts of the state too, or did they?

Incidents from twenty-three years came back in a flurry.

Meghan’s parents had given away the infant boy for adoption. From what he remembered, Mr. and Mrs. Martinez were already in their 30s then but had no kids of their own. The baby was a happy addition to their small family. That was in Lake Placid.

He was a young lad in his early twenties then, keen to pursue his doctoral program. A marriage and a child born out of wedlock could have rocked the boat for both him and Meghan. His parents were livid already as they blamed him for sullying the family name. They relocated to New York.

It took him some legwork and lots of networking to unearth that this young boy had lost his foster parents to a tragic car accident a few months back.

He was on a scholarship at the University.

Payback time. 

In his mid-forties today, he is a father of two beautiful young girls, aged 10 and 12. They will be only too happy to welcome him into the fold. But Jess? Will she be just as happy or would he have to agree to a DNA test to overrule doubts from the uncannily similar blue pairs, light hair, broad shoulders, and tall gait….