Don’t let this man upset the child over rumors.” I turned the photo over.

Someone had written a date in the corner, followed by the words, For our little girl.

I had been told Camilla Dupont left me for someone in Europe.

My parents had produced a note and insisted she wanted nothing more to do with me.

For years, whenever I mentioned her, Gwen changed the subject and Victor became angry.

I had finally buried the question because I couldn’t live forever inside it.

Now I looked at the photograph and asked the only question that mattered.