“I introduced my dad to my fiancé at the wedding — the moment he saw his face, he turned pale and said, ‘How can it be you? I was sure you had disappeared 30 years ago!’”

father heard it.”

He lowered his voice.

“My mother spent years trying to understand why her life fell apart. Before she died, she talked about your father constantly.”

“Claire is dead?”

He nodded.

“You lied to me.”

“My mother believed Daniel abandoned her,” Julian said. “She blamed him until the day she died.”

“So you found me because of him?”

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