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CHAPTER 4 — THE SECRET BEHIND ETHAN’S BIRTH

The entire chapel waited.

Richard’s eyes moved toward Ethan.

“Your grandfather.”

Ethan’s face turned pale.

“My grandfather?”

Richard nodded.

“He believed Margaret’s daughter would inherit everything.”

Margaret felt sick.

“So he tried to erase my child?”

“Yes.”

Emily looked at Margaret.

“Why didn’t you ever find me?”

Margaret cried.

“Because I spent thirty years searching.”

She pulled out hundreds of documents.

Photos.

Police reports.

Missing child records.

“I never stopped being your mother.”

For the first time, Emily saw the pain behind Margaret’s anger.

But then Ethan stepped forward.

“Emily
”

She looked at him.

“I need to tell you something.”

His voice shook.

“My grandfather left a letter before he died.”

Margaret turned.

“What letter?”

Ethan looked terrified.

“It said if Emily ever came back
”

He paused.

“She would destroy this family.”

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The room went silent.

TO BE CONTINUED


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