“What if Lucas forgets her?”

“Then we remind him.”

“What if he calls you his mother someday?” The question hung between them. Hannah looked down. “I would never ask him to.”

“That isn’t what I asked.”

She touched the locket at her throat. Inside was a photograph of Grace. “I’m afraid loving him too much means betraying her.”

Adrian turned toward her. “Isabel loved Lucas before she ever held him. Do you believe your love takes something from hers?”