Delilah listened, her heart aching for the two boys who had been so close and then torn apart. James continued, “When John was thirteen, he got lucky! A rich family adopted him. They were good people, gave him the love and stability he needed. He turned his life around because of them.”
James took a deep breath before continuing, “I, on the other hand, never got adopted by anyone. Both John and I had a pretty rough childhood. The foster system was hard on us. Moving from home to home, I had developed anger issues. It was my way of coping with the instability and the loss.”