Chapter 12 - The Truth About Lily's Secret Identity
Evelyn took a step closer to the man she had mourned for her entire adult life, reaching out a trembling hand.
“And the little girl? Who is Lily?” Evelyn asked, her mind racing to connect the impossible puzzle pieces.
Thomas smiled softly, gesturing toward the spiral staircase where footsteps were slowly ascending the stone steps.
Lily stepped into the lantern room, holding the hand of an elderly woman who looked remarkably like Evelyn’s late sister.
“Lily is my great-granddaughter, Evelyn,” Thomas revealed, stepping back to let the truth settle into the air.
“When your father had me removed, he didn't realize I had a secret family in Vermont,” Thomas continued.
“She was sent tonight to deliver the ring because the seventy-year legal statute of limitations on the land deed expires at midnight,” Thomas added.
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Evelyn felt the floor beneath her feet tilt as the entire history of her family’s wealth unraveled in a single moment.
The corporate empire, the social standing, and the vast estate were all built on stolen patents that now reverted to Thomas’s bloodline.
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