Her husband cast her out for being “barren”—six years later, he came face to face with the son his own family had secretly hidden from him

Not a demand. Not yet. A request.

He wanted confirmation that Mateo was his son.

He wanted to meet him.

He wanted “to begin repairing what had been lost.”

Isabella read that line three times.

Repairing.

As if six years could be patched like a cracked wall.

Diane watched her face. “You don’t have to respond emotionally.”

“I’m not going to.”

“Good.”

Isabella’s continue reading …