The Photograph That Led Me to My Twins—and the Letters My Mother Hid for Three Years
You called that avoiding a scandal.”
My mother’s voice softened, but she didn’t apologize.
She began talking about hostile competitors, the company’s unsettled finances after my father’s death, and the possibility of kidnapping threats aimed at any Mercer heirs.
Some of those dangers might have been real.
They did not justify concealing an entire family from me, and they certainly did not justify making Savannah afraid to ask for help.
“Preserve every letter and every record,” I said.
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