Harper went still. “My mother died in an accident,” she said. That was the version she had been given all her life.
Iris shut her eyes. “No, my child. That was the story I told to protect you.”
Silence filled the room. “Her name was Lillian Quinn,” Iris said. “She worked for the Calloway family when she was young. She fell in love with Matthew’s father. She became pregnant. They promised to acknowledge you. Then his wife threatened her. She said if Lillian did not disappear, you would never be safe.”
Harper felt as though the ground tilted.
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