He looked at Meghan, Jae and Sebastien, then at the woman, and then back to his companions again, small pieces of an answer forming to a question he had never even known to ask. So many things made sense now.
He picked himself up off the ground, assisting the woman to stand up as well.
“I can’t believe I’m saying this…” he stammered, his voice still tinged with shock. “I do know this woman. It’s... it’s true.”
His gaze left the woman and landed on Meghan.
Ivan looked at her with new eyes, as if he had never seen her before.
“This is Isabella Crane. Meghan,” he choked up again. “You brought me my mother.”
Meghan tried to speak but it took a moment to get words to come out. “Him,” she pointed at Ivan but spoke to Isabella. “He is the family you left behind?”
Isabella nodded, confirming Meghan’s question.
Sebastien and Jae exchanged confused looks.
Meghan’s hand swung up to her chest. She felt the thorn-filled locket under her shirt. The one possession she had received from her mother. The one thing about her past that had actually been true.
She reached in and lifted it out, pulling it over her head. She walked over to Ivan and opened her hand, showing it to him.
It was the final piece of the puzzle. He recognized it at once.
“This is what you’ve been searching for. This is what your mother left for you. You couldn’t find it because you thought it was lost, but it wasn’t. The treasure your mother left behind...” she couldn’t say it.
Meghan could not stop smiling. It dumbfounded her that this life revelation made her so happy. Giddy almost. The realization that the blood pumping through her veins was not entirely evil changed everything. She didn’t belong just to Jurekai Fazendiin.
She could not peel her eyes away from Ivan’s.
Jae still did not comprehend what was happening, but an understanding grin spread across Sebastien’s face. “All that time, he was looking for you. You’re his...”
“Sister,” said a bewildered Ivan Crane. “The treasure my mother left me was a sister.”
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