That night, after the ceremony, Claire showed me the photograph.
It was a faded picture of a little girl standing beside a woman in an apron.
The background looked familiar.
It was my childhood home. My pool.
And the woman beside the child was Martha—our former housekeeper.
The woman who had secretly given me cookies when I was a kid. The one who stayed beside my bed when I was sick while my parents attended parties.
Years ago, my mother had fired her, accusing her of stealing a bracelet.
Claire looked at me gently.
“Martha is my mother.”
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