HIS SON FELL DOWN THE MARBLE STAIRS, BUT THE SECURITY CAMERA REVEALED WHY HIS DAUGHTER HAD SECRETLY BEEN WATCHING REBECCA
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Chapter 12 - Daniel Finally Joins The Family
Michael invited Daniel Mercer to dinner.
Not as a dramatic reunion.
As a beginning.
Daniel told Sophie and Ethan stories Caroline had written him about her teenage years. Caroline once stole a canoe. She failed her first driving test. She hated peas.
Michael knew some stories.
Daniel knew others.
Together they possessed a fuller mother than either had alone.
Daniel wanted no claim on Ethan or Sophie’s inheritance. Caroline had left him a separate modest provision in her personal estate.
Michael insisted he receive it.
More importantly, Michael gave Daniel equal access to the independent archive being created from Caroline’s papers.
Margaret hesitated.
Then agreed.
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The family had erased him once.
They would not do it again.
