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CHAPTER 2 — THE BABY WHO DISAPPEARED

Emily refused to believe Margaret.

“No.”

She shook her head.

“That’s impossible.”

Margaret reached into her purse and pulled out an old photograph.

A picture of a newborn baby wrapped in a pink blanket.

Around the baby’s neck was the same silver butterfly pendant.

Emily stared at it.

Her heart started racing.

“My mother gave me this necklace when I was little,” Emily whispered.

Margaret nodded through tears.

“Because I gave it to you.”

The guests began whispering.

Ethan looked between them.

“Mom
 are you saying Emily is your daughter?”

Margaret looked at her son.

“Yes.”

Ethan stepped backward.

“That means
”

His voice disappeared.

Emily noticed his expression.

“Ethan?”

Margaret closed her eyes.

“Thirty years ago, I had a daughter.”

“She was kidnapped from the hospital three days after she was born.”

Emily froze.

“I was told my baby died.”

Margaret’s voice cracked.

“But I never believed it.”

She looked at Emily.

“Because before they took her, I placed that butterfly pendant around her neck.”

Emily touched the necklace.

A thousand questions filled her mind.

“If I’m your daughter
”

She swallowed.

“Who are my real parents?”

Nobody answered.

Then an elderly man sitting in the back of the chapel slowly stood.

Everyone turned.

Margaret’s face became terrified.

“Richard
”

The old man looked at Emily.

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“I think it’s time she knows the truth.”

TO BE CONTINUED


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