The first sentence made my knees weaken.
“My dearest Amelia, if Catherine has found you, then I fear I have waited too long to tell you the truth about why I sent you away
THE SECRET MY GRANDMOTHER TOOK TO HER GRAVE
I sat on an overturned crate and unfolded my grandmother's letter.
She wrote that the night she disowned me, she had received information that made her believe I had betrayed our family.
But she had since discovered that someone had deliberately deceived her.
Someone close to us.
Someone who had benefited from keeping us apart.
Then I reached the final paragraph.
“Amelia, the person who destroyed our relationship is still connected to Grant Holdings. Before you accept your inheritance, you must learn what happened to your mother—and why I never stopped protecting you.”
I looked up at Catherine.
“My mother died when I was a child. What could any of this possibly have to do with her?”
