The Precipice

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Our baby's still out there somewhere. And we're hellbent on finding him.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I never saw Micah's face or heard him cry when I birthed him in that cell. I lost so much blood and when I woke up I believed Peterson when he told me Micah was dead. Why did I believe him?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>No matter how guilty I feel or how much it hurts it doesn't matter anymore. What matters now is finding my son.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-</span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Laila</em></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>____________________</u></em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When Laila told me Micah died I had no reason not to believe her.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Everything after that though? It was all my fault. I failed more times than I can count. I wanted to do better to </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>be</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> better but when you're trying to disguise your heartache it isn't easy to be the man you want to be.</span></p><p><br></p><p>Now though I know my son's alive.</p><p><br></p><p>I have a reason to get myself together and I'm going to. Laila and I are going to find our son and hopefully along the way I can prove to her that my family matters more to me than anything.</p><p><br></p><p>It's true that I've lied and made mistakes but that was always the truth.</p><p><br></p><p>My wife and my son are everything to me.</p><p><br></p><p>I'm <em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>going</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> to right my wrongs or die trying.</span></p><p><br></p><p>-<em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Jeremy</em></p>