black clothes into an incinerator bag and began tre

fflink. It was engraved with a strange, interlocking patter

Find the origin of this. And anyone who might have worn

instantly. "

ans and a T-shirt, put on her black-framed glasses, and

er and headed to a genealogy center in Q

y center, Brenda stood with Meg

r the five-million-dollar investment would come through. Megan was

taxi. She let out a short, sharp

n's voice rose. "

Ava walk into the plain-looking genea

t to find her poor relatives. I always said her biologica

ter's lobby and gave he

client who had requested the genetic match was

room, Brenda and Megan quietly f

a middle-aged man in simple clo

s. Following Julian's instructions, he was disgui

he was her distant cousin, that his family was not well-off, and that they ha

the man's calloused hands and a

okay. I just want to

looked a lot like Ava. He told Ava that her mother had died a lo

Brenda pressed closer, the

, her eyes bright with amusement. "No

e silent hallway, it was piercing.

ed ugly, but Ava's expre

an. "Thank you for telling me this. Here is my contac

th her phone number on it and then

e came face to face w

gratulations, Sister. You finally found your family. How about it? Sho

ou have a prestigious family like the Coopers. On the other, a bun

a word, then walked around

ing came out. Megan's smile vanis

accepted the "poor family" narrative because, to her, it was far

e top-tier French jewelry brand 'Franco.' Only three were made worldwide. I have the unique ser

a top-secret registration. The man from