CHAPTER 4: PIECES OF A BROKEN FAMILY
Days passed like fragments of a dream.
Rebecca Reed was arrested.
The truth flooded the media.
“A Stolen Child Found at His Own Wedding.”
But for Nathan — for Daniel — the headlines meant nothing.
He sat across from Margaret in a quiet garden.
Neither of them spoke for a long time.
Finally, Margaret reached out slowly.
“I don’t expect you to call me ‘Mom’,” she said softly. “You’ve had a life. A different one.”
Nathan looked at her, his eyes filled with confusion, pain… and something else.
Hope.
“I don’t know who I am anymore,” he admitted.
Margaret nodded. “Then we’ll figure it out together.”
Tears filled both their eyes.
Across the garden, Emily watched.
Her heart still ached.
But she smiled faintly.
May you like
Because she hadn’t lost him.
She had found her brother.
