The Seventh Child by Valeur Erik

Author:Valeur, Erik [Valeur, Erik]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
Published: 2014-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

My dear child,

We were never meant to meet. I’ve long since realized that, and I think it is the best for both of us. But I want you to know that not a single day and not a single hour has passed when I haven’t thought of you and wished you all the happiness a person can have.

How much do you know? How much did they tell you? I’ve asked myself that all these years. You were taken from me when I was still in the delivery room, and I never got to see you. My eyes have never rested on your face, and today that seems like the biggest punishment that a human being can suffer. Ms. Ladegaard wanted to keep both your birth name and the identity of your adoptive family secret out of consideration for us both. I don’t know whether she ever told you about your mother and her fate, but if not, I’ve asked her with this letter to tell you everything and answer all the questions you might have: about my deeds, about my crime, and about the exit I finally accepted because I couldn’t live with you after what I’d done to my own mother.

I was seventeen when you were born at the Rigshospital. No one was to know that I was pregnant. My only demand was that you be baptized in my name, and so you were in the hospital’s chapel the morning following your birth. That one piece of paper is all that documents our connection. That has been my comfort all these years. You’ve been in my thoughts ever since and you’re as close to me today as the night you were taken away.

Only in the final hours did my courage fail me. I demanded to see Ms. Ladegaard to ask her to find a milder solution, but there was none, she said. You were to be adopted in all secrecy. I begged her to give me the name of your new family so that at least I could assure myself that you’d be safe. That everything would be well where you were going. She refused. It was only when I threatened to cancel my departure and tell my story that she showed me the adoption form that included the name of the woman who was to be your adoptive mother. And I am glad for this today. That knowledge is my evidence that I’ve never tried to break my promise or do anything that could bring you any harm. I know that the name of your adoptive mother is Dorah Laursen, and that back then she lived in Østerbro. I’ve never contacted her. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but I’ve kept my word.

Life cannot be redone. But you should know that my love lives on regardless of the distance, even if we never meet. There is no drama in my present decision. Only the certainty that I cannot contain the longing anymore. I was born on Good Friday and committed my irredeemable crime on Good Friday.

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