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Part 3:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\u201cI need to know what\u2019s true,\u201d Kayla whispered. \u201cI found this in my father\u2019s office. He said it was a real estate proposal, but there were old photographs inside. And a letter with Evelyn Collins\u2019s name on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Inside the house, Kayla placed her folder beside the blue lockbox.<\/p>\n

The papers revealed a woman named Marisol Reyes. In 1998, she had written to Evelyn, saying Daniel Collins\u2014Scott\u2019s father\u2014knew her baby was his. Kayla\u2019s father, Thomas Jensen, had helped arrange documents pressuring Marisol to accept money and disappear.<\/p>\n

The baby\u2019s name was Lena Marisol Reyes.<\/p>\n

Scott had a half sister.<\/p>\n

The flash drive contained a video Evelyn had recorded in the same study. She admitted that her son Daniel had fathered Marisol\u2019s child and tried to silence her. Evelyn said she had failed at first, but later tried to preserve the truth.<\/p>\n

Then she looked into the camera and said that if Scott ever tried to claim the estate while discarding me, his actions should be examined carefully.<\/p>\n

\u201cAvery has shown a steadiness this family has too often mistaken for something it could use,\u201d Evelyn said. \u201cShe is not to be used.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Those words broke something open inside me.<\/p>\n

For once, I was not someone\u2019s wife, obstacle, signature, or convenience.<\/p>\n

I was a person worth protecting.<\/p>\n

Scott finally apologized, but I did not rush to forgive him. I told him I believed he was sorry in that moment, but I was no longer the person who could make that enough.<\/p>\n

As we secured the documents and prepared to leave, Margaret\u2019s phone rang.<\/p>\n

Her office had found preliminary information on Lena Reyes.<\/p>\n

Margaret\u2019s face went pale.<\/p>\n

\u201cLena died five years ago,\u201d she said. \u201cBut she had a daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rain tapped softly against the trees.<\/p>\n

Margaret looked at me.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer daughter\u2019s name is Avery.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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