As 28-year-old Linda screamed in pain, doctors and nurses rushed into the delivery room. Being her first child, the pain of childbirth was beyond what she could have imagined. The arrival of the baby was like a bright sunbeam piercing through threatening clouds. Anticipating holding her new child, Linda sobbed both in pain and joy.
However, she didn’t hear her baby cry when she woke up. No one was bringing the man in. “My baby is gone. Where is my baby?” she asked the nurse. She was surprised to see an empty bed beside her as she turned on her bed. When the nurse informed her that she had fallen into a coma after childbirth, she was stunned. “Where is our baby, Edison?” When her husband approached her shortly after, she said, “I want to see him. Bring my baby here. He’s not here. Why aren’t you answering me?” Edison revealed the most painful truth that had shattered Linda as he walked away. “We can’t afford to raise the baby because he was born with paralysis in his right arm. After losing this case, you were fired from your job, and no law firm wants to hire you.
We can’t raise a disabled child when we already have financial difficulties.” “What have you done with my son, Edison?” she cried, asking, “How could you do this to me?” After losing her only child, the void in her heart worsened over time. Linda’s suffering persisted over the years, something no mother would ever want to endure. In court, 38 years after the fact… “Please be seated…” As she sat in court, Linda greeted the jury, “Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen.” She was now a highly qualified criminal judge after rising in her career. She took off her glasses and wiped them. During her thirty years of service, the case she was working on that day was the most unique and complicated. She was about to impose a prison sentence on a man who had stolen expensive medication for his sick daughter. His name was Jonathan, and he had three children besides being poor and disabled. “Your Honor, I didn’t have money to pay for the expensive medication for my sick daughter,” said Jonathan with tears in his eyes. “I stole them from the pharmacy but intended to pay for them when I received my monthly pension.” Linda interrupted him and examined the man’s papers, saying, “Theft is theft, whether you intend to pay or not.” Linda had been fired from her job as a lawyer a few years ago for refusing to help a wealthy man with his bail after a car accident. She had sacrificed her career to uphold justice. Although she thought Jonathan might be her long-lost son, she finally made the right decision that day. He was sentenced to a year in prison after the judge found him guilty of theft. Linda prioritized justice and fulfilled her duties. Later, following her maternal intuition, she visited Jonathan in jail to learn more about him. After being taken to the visitation room, the man was surprised to see a judge waiting for him. 
“I’m aware of your possible thoughts. I’m not here to apologize for my decision, however. I’ve read your papers, and I’m interested in knowing more about you.” “Tell me about your parents, please,” Linda interrogated Jonathan after learning that he had been adopted 38 years ago. “A few years ago, my adoptive parents passed away. My wife and I had a wonderful life together, but after her death from cancer, I found myself raising our three daughters alone,” the man said as Linda began to sob. Jonathan was surprised by Linda’s request for a DNA test together, as it seemed unexpected. “A DNA test, but why?” “Because you could be the son I lost 38 years ago,” Linda replied, squeezing her lips and swallowing a lump in her throat. 
The man was stunned and silent. A few weeks after agreeing to participate in the DNA test with her, the results showed that they were indeed related. Her lost son was Jonathan, a dedicated father whom his mother had imprisoned. When Linda saw the man again, she told him of her incredible discovery. At first, he didn’t know how to react. “I feel confused and happy. After the death of my adoptive parents, I came to believe again that I was an orphan. But I’m glad that my mother came looking for me. Where is Dad, Mom?” “Don’t talk about him. He was mainly responsible for our breakup. He took my motherhood away from me. He took my son away. I recently found out that he died of a heart attack after our divorce.” “Son, I apologize. Despite all my efforts, I could never find you. You were offered for forced adoption, so I couldn’t find you. We didn’t even realize we were.
The judge sentences a single father of three children for theft without realizing that he is the son she lost years ago