I gave up everything to raise my late fiancée’s six children—ten years later, her eldest son came to me with a truth about her that changed everything I believed.

that I had a twin,” she explained.

“We were separated in the foster system when we were infants.

Different homes.

Different states.

I spent years trying to find her, and then I stopped because every lead I followed went nowhere, and it was breaking me to keep looking.”

Her eyes were steady, but her voice wasn’t quite.

“What was her name?”

“Claire.”

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