And that’s when Rick told her that William was his estranged half brother.
My mind went blank.
William was Rick’s half brother?
How had I never known?
Why had Rick never told me?
Anna had asked him directly.
Instead of telling me the truth, Rick urged her to stay quiet.
He told her not to interfere with the wedding.
He convinced her that revealing the past would only destroy our family.
But Anna couldn’t accept that.
She wanted answers.
On the morning of my wedding, she had begged me not to go through with it.
And I had misunderstood her fear.
I thought she was struggling with the idea of change.
I thought she was afraid of losing her place in my life.
I never imagined she had discovered something that could completely change our understanding of the past.
Now she was home.
And she had spent the previous month searching for William.
