Chapter 11: Healing
Raising Lily with my mother’s support was everything I had dreamed of during those lonely years.
I didn’t have to worry about money. I didn’t have to worry about Julian.
I could just be a mother.
Eleanor and I grew closer every day.
She told me stories about my father. She showed me old photos. She helped me understand where I came from.
For the first time, I had a complete picture of who I was.
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I wasn’t just Clara the orphan.
I was Clara Sterling — daughter of Eleanor Sterling, granddaughter of a powerful legacy, and mother to Lily.
