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

wall.

Not someone who resembled Lily.

Not a girl with similar eyes or hair.

It was Lily.

Her amber eyes.

The soft curve of her smile.

The way she always tucked her hair behind one ear.

Even the tiny strawberry-shaped birthmark beneath her jaw was there — the same mark I used to kiss whenever she had nightmares or a fever as a child.

My fingers went numb.

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