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On my 18th birthday, a knock at the door changed everything. A woman I didn\u2019t recognize claimed to be my real mother, telling me my adoptive parents had stolen me from her. She showed me birth records and begged me to come with her.\n

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I left, unsure of the truth, but her mansion and desperation felt off. Then, a neighbor revealed the truth: my biological mother hadn\u2019t been manipulated. She gave me up willingly, and now, with my grandfather\u2019s recent death, she wanted me for my inheritance.\n

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Realizing the truth, I left her behind and returned home. My adoptive parents were waiting for me, arms open. In the end, I didn\u2019t need a fortune or a mansion\u2014I already had the love of my real family.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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