b quickly reached beneath his shirt

revealing a faded

is. That's our fami

cradling a little girl who looked like a porcelain doll

's own. Their faces had the same soft shape, and when they smi

breath

had recognized her instantl

ou. Mom lost herself from the grief. She clings to your favorite doll and whispers your childhood nickname,

ome home. Mom's sick-she's never stopped wai

swer gentle but sure.

d how she'd managed to find t

missing persons initiative that bridged Archam and Uryg

arlier was simply a government esco

eep her true circum

e she now held, felt impossible to explain t

the truth might o

n trafficked to Urygan, his entire b

a closer eye on her years ago, maybe

would stand by his sister from this day

nd for a single step as t

n raced out, clinging to a worn, filthy doll. "Is

and hope blazed in her eyes. "Naddie..

dine in a desp

t rigid, overwhelmed by

ther who had lost her mind

cey, choking back a rush of emotio

ined-she'd never let anyone

er door creaked

t the frame, her expression cold and unimpressed. "So the real daughter finally shows up?

"Enough with the touching mother-daughter reunion at the entrance. It's making me si

u think you're heading? This family has cared for you f

"For what-so I can nurse a mother who's lost her mind and a dying f

ands balled into fists, an

hit a nerve? Go ahead, enjoy your little reunion. From thi

hair, she disappear

ne pieced it toget

Clark family's roof-eager to walk out the second an opport

appeared, wrestling a stu

? Now that you've drained the Clark family of ever

Move!" Daniela shri

r grasp, then swiftly slipped the bracelet from Dani

g more than a thief-someone w

What do you think you're doing

, letting Daniela sprawl

ing its contents-gold bracelets, necklaces encrusted with di

tcase was likely all the Clark

ded to leave them pen

niela shrieked, her eyes wild as she scr

ll well these items were the only way t

beatings just to get by, a

her foot and drove her boot s

as she tumbled into the muddy court

t cold as stone. "Get out. If you show your

self upright, shooting Nadine a look filled

d gemstones, sneering, "Keep it. Think of it as a pa

y mind-congratulations, Nadine. You're engaged to the Bailey heir. The one