A Cup of Coffee
(1) This plan had seemed brilliant a week ago: meet over a cup of coffee. (2) But now, I just wasn't sure. (3) I turned to look at my parents, who were sitting at the table right behind me in the café. (4) I was going to do this on my own, but it was good to know my backup team was a mere table away.
(5) Today, I was going to meet my birth mother for the first time. (6) On my eighteenth birthday, my parents told me I was adopted, and I was shocked. (7) My friends had thrown a birthday party for me the night before, and I was tired. (8) Growing up, I was always told that I looked so much like both of my parents. (9) I thought adoption was something that happened to other kids, not a normal, boring girl like me.
(10) "Mary, I'm your birth mother," said a tall, brown-haired woman with a small smile on her face.
(11) At first, I hadn't wanted to know anything about my birth mother. (12) When I told my parents I wanted more information, they gave me a file and said I should read it if I wanted to know what they knew. (13) My parents didn't push me. (14) They told me to let them know if I changed my mind. (15) I did. (16) I changed my mind.
(17) And now here I was in a café staring down every woman who walked through the doors. (18) I kept wondering, "Is she my mother?" (19) I closed my eyes for a second, trying to calm myself down.
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What is the most effective way to improve the organization of the fourth paragraph (sentences 11-16)?
A.
Move sentence 11 after sentence 15.
B.
Move sentence 12 to the end of the paragraph.
C.
Move sentence 15 before sentence 13.
D.
Move sentence 16 to the beginning of the paragraph.