Your mother believed him. He promised to save her. But then he was gone and she was alone until you were born. You were each other’s only family, yet, somehow, you grew up by yourself. He promised to save you when he found out about the baby. You wanted to believe him. No one had ever noticed you needed saving. Your mother was too busy looking for her own savior to rescue you or even to be your mother. And then he left and you were alone. Except for me. So I was born. Alone, except for you, my mother.