Helen rented a spare room to a young woman who badly needed a place to live. Over the years, the two became very close, and Helen began to think of her as family.
Fourteen years later, Helen found an old document with her late husband’s name on it. What she learned about the young woman’s past changed everything.
#1: A Name on the Page
Helen knelt beside Sophie’s dining table, sorting through a thick folder of old documents.
Sophie was getting married in a few months and needed several records she had not looked at in years. They had already found school papers, tax forms and an expired passport.
Then a birth certificate slipped from the folder and landed faceup on the floor.
Helen reached for it.
Her eyes moved to the line marked “Father.”
The name printed there belonged to her late husband.