“She did everything legally,” Desiree said. “But she also made a choice. She didn’t want you to grow up feeling like you didn’t belong.”
I didn’t know what to say.
Everything felt… unstable.
“And the necklace?” I asked.
“That was the only clue,” she said. “It wasn’t ordinary. We knew that. So I kept looking. For years.”
“For me?”
“For where you came from.”
I swallowed hard.
“And now?”
She looked at me.
“I found them.”
My heart skipped.
“You’re sure?”
She nodded.
“They’re your parents.”
Everything went quiet.
“What happens now?” I asked.
“That’s up to you,” she said. “But if you want… I can call them.”
I took a breath.
“Call them.”
The next day, I came back to the shop.
I didn’t sleep much.
I didn’t know what I was walking into.
The bell rang.
