How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
I just wanted you to know, Carolyn said. I can understand, now that you're about to have a baby yourselves and all, how it must be for you, imagining me giving you away like that. But it didn't mean I didn't want you. I was trying to do the best thing. Nothing else I ever did in my life was as hard as that. (28.206)
Carolyn can tell that Nate doesn't fully forgive her for giving him up for adoption—and she doesn't hold that against him at all. But she does want him to know how hard the decision was for her, and how much she wanted to keep him.