The Mother Who Waited

orld was perfect, the epit

ol, Yale-bound, smart, kind-the culmi

garden, I handed him a substantial stock trust from his

eper, burst through the wrought-iron gate

led boy beside her, pointing

nd this," she thrust the other boy forward, "this is Daniel Ainsworth! You

stunned crowd as my beautiful day-

about the years of systematic neglect and brutal abuse they'd inflicted on Danny, th

ear of public ruin, but at

ed, turned to me, his eyes pleading

, begging me to say it wasn't t

sts to prove their t

d even me, simply replied, "Very well

s that I had been waiting patiently for t