When Alexa was five, her mother left her on Grandma Rose’s porch, explaining through tears that her new husband didn’t want children. Alexa clutched her stuffed bunny, crying as her mother drove away without looking back. Grandma Rose took her in, becoming both caregiver and protector. Though Alexa grew up surrounded by love, she secretly filled a shoebox with drawings of her absent mother, imagining the life they never had together. Over the years, Grandma Rose became Alexa’s entire world.
She was there for every school play, graduation, and heartbreak. Then, suddenly, everything changed. When Grandma passed away, Alexa’s grief was overwhelming. Just as she struggled to cope, her mother reappeared at her door after twenty long years, asking for forgiveness and a second chance. Against her better judgment, Alexa let her back into her life, hoping the reunion was real.....
