My Husband Slapped Me at Our Wedding Reception to Defend His Mother After She Attacked Our Daughter—Then I Made One Call That Ended Their Celebration
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Chapter 16
Curious, Hannah used a small silver pocketknife to slice through the heavy packing tape.
Inside the box sat a polished rosewood box lined with black velvet.
She lifted the lid, revealing an old gold pocket watch engraved with an intricate crest.
Beside the watch lay a faded photograph taken in the late 1990s on a yacht in Monte Carlo.
The photo showed Evelyn Montgomery as a young woman, standing next to a tall, mysterious man with dark hair.
Standing between them was a five-year-old boy wearing a navy suit—a young Mark Montgomery.
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What made Hannah's pulse race was the caption handwritten on the back of the photograph in black fountain pen ink.
'Mark with his biological father, Edward Sterling—Monte Carlo, 1998.'
