Hannah was quiet for several seconds.

Then she walked across the empty room and opened the window a little despite the cold.

Fresh air stirred the card, and she smiled as if she had been waiting months to breathe.

PART 12
The Letter That Was Never Sent

As Hannah unpacked the plastic crate from Bluebird, she found an envelope that had followed her through three moves.

It contained a letter she had written to her estranged father, Thomas, after Sophie was born.