Not the beginning of the end, just the end of the beginning.

Maybe now he finally knows who he is.

The Court wouldn't let me adopt my stepdaughter. On her 18th birthday, she asked for money from her grandparents, took it and her savings to a solicitor, and legally changed her surname to mine. I don't know, to this day, what I did to deserve such a gift. I told her that and she smiled and said "That's one of the reasons you deserve it, Dad!"

She's 37 now, with two girls of her own, and she still calls me first if there's a problem! "Dad, Millies' IT teacher isn't handling her properly. I need you to come and be polite to her!" (Millie is autistic).