I raised my late twin sister’s daughter as my own—until the man who abandoned her returned years later and changed everything.

I ma—”

She stopped the instant she saw the strangers.

Her eyes moved uncertainly toward Daniel.

He stared at her as though anticipating some natural, instinctive connection.

But Sophie did not go to him.

She walked directly to me.

And wrapped her arms tightly around my neck.

“Mama?” she whispered, uneasy.

I kissed the top of her head.

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