Clement was the man sent to find us.

But when he saw the bruises on my face, and understood what we were running from, he made a choice that cost him everything he had.”

Chapter 11 — The Choice

Philippa sat down across from me, her hands shaking as she told me about the night my childhood was rewritten.

Clement had been good at his work — that was why the Ashgroves hired him.

He found us in a matter of weeks, in a motel two states away, a frightened woman and a four-year-old girl with nothing but a suitcase.