Chapter 2: Something Written on the Back
The man stepped forward into the light.
I recognized him immediately.
My brother, Daniel.
"You need to hear the truth, Ryan," he said.
"All of it."
My wife screamed at him.
"You promised you'd never come back.
You promised!"
Daniel didn't flinch.
He held up the photograph — our family, taken years before Lily was born.
And in the corner, circled in red ink, was a face I didn't recognize.
A woman.
Holding a newborn.
"Who is that?" I demanded.
My wife covered her mouth with both hands.
The little girl inside the wall hadn't moved.
She was still watching me.
Still clutching the hem of her torn dress with both fists.
Daniel looked at her, then back at me.
"Her name is Sophie," he said quietly.
"And she's been living in this house for four months."
Four months.
I turned to my wife.
"You knew."
She couldn't answer.
She just kept shaking her head, tears streaming down her face.
Then Sophie reached out and touched my hand.
"Are you going to send me away?" she whispered.
I couldn't speak.
I couldn't breathe.
Daniel placed the photograph on the floor between us.
"There's something written on the back," he said.
"Read it, Ryan.
Then you'll understand why she's here — and why your wife has been lying to you since before Lily was born."
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What's written on that photograph — and how long has Ryan's wife been hiding the truth?
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