A gallery painting bore my daughter’s face—until the truth behind it shattered everything I thought I knew

to rename the painting?”

He looked confused. “What?”

“She wanted Lily erased. Again.”

Elaine stepped forward. “I was trying to protect Nova from living in Lily’s shadow.”

Nova shook her head immediately.

“I wasn’t in her shadow,” she said through tears. “I was beside her.”

Patrick looked at his stepdaughter as though he was finally hearing something she continue reading …