Amelia flashes back to Jessie, thirty years ago, showing her a scrapbook on the day they met. It, too, had been filled with clippings about an abandoned child. Her story, like Amelia’s and Lily’s, ended in a happy adoptive home. Unlike them, she’s since discovered and met her birth mother. That’s why, when Amelia embarked on this business venture, Jessie wasn’t wholeheartedly supportive.
“You never know what you’re going to dig up, Mimi. About your own past, or anyone else’s. Just tread carefully. Sometimes, the truth is ugly. And dangerous.”
Yes. But it’s worth every moment of risk.
“Can I keep this envelope?” Amelia asks Lily.
“Yes. My mom made photocopies for me.”
“She sounds pretty great.”
“She is pretty great. Oh, I have one other thing to show you.” She reaches into the bag again. “Only this, you can’t keep.”
She pulls out a small jewelry box. It’s plain, white, not from Tiffany, not ribbon-wrapped. Passing it to Amelia, she says, “I was wearing this the day they found me. It’s the only clue I have to who I might have been.”
Amelia lifts the lid. A strangled little cry escapes her as she recognizes the object inside.
It’s a little gold initial ring, with tiny sapphires set on either side of an engraved letter C, filled in blue enamel.
About the Author
USA Today and New York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub is the award-winning author of nearly ninety novels and is a three-time Mary Higgins Clark Award nominee. She lives in the New York City suburbs with her husband, their two sons, and a trio of rescue kitties. Learn more about Wendy at www.wendycorsistaub.com.
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