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

after this picture.”

“What happened?” I asked.

“I slipped in mud.”

I laughed softly. “That sounds like Lily.”

“She fell down too so I wouldn’t feel embarrassed.”

Yes.

That was exactly my daughter.

The following Sunday, Nova and I visited Lily’s grave together.

“I’m scared I’ll forget her voice someday,” she admitted quietly.

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