Then Megan Revealed Why the Photos Mattered So Much
Eventually, Megan asked everyone else to leave.
She and Daniel sat alone.
For the first time, she explained the real reason behind the photo plan.
Megan had grown up in a complicated blended family herself.
Her father had remarried twice.
Old wedding photographs disappeared every time another marriage ended.
Stepchildren came and went.
Family portraits constantly changed.
She hated it.
She wanted one photograph she could look at years later that felt simple.
Stable.
Permanent.
Daniel understood the fear.
But the explanation didn’t make him feel better.
He said:
“You’re afraid families change.”
“Yes.”
“So your solution was to make sure Lily could be cropped out from the beginning?”
Megan started crying harder.
“No.”
“But that’s what you did.”
She had no answer.
