Chapter 8 - THE BLOODLINE TRUTH
Julian returned to the Greenwich estate under a gray afternoon sky.
He found Sarah in the kitchen quarters, folding linens with bruised, exhausted hands.
"Sarah, we need to talk," Julian said quietly, pulling out a chair at the wooden staff table.
She set the linens down, looking at him with her steady, dark eyes.
"My father had a second daughter twenty-five years ago," Julian revealed, watching her face closely.
Sarah lowered her gaze, her breathing becoming slow and measured.
"I know," Sarah whispered.
"Who is she, Sarah? Where is my sister?" Julian pleaded.
Sarah reached up to her neck, pulling a small silver key on a thin chain from under her uniform collar.
"Lady Eleanor didn't just give me the pendant, Julian," Sarah confessed, her voice shaking slightly. "She gave me her life."
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"What do you mean?" Julian asked, his heart pounding against his ribs.
"I am not a housemaid, Julian," Sarah revealed, tears forming in her eyes. "My real name is Sarah Eleanor Sterling."
