I found a letter from my mom, revealing that I wasn\u2019t her biological daughter. She had adopted me after I was abandoned as a baby, but never made it official to protect me. Evan knew, which explained why he inherited everything.\n
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Mom had kept this secret to shield me from legal complications, but she left me a gold locket with a photo of me as a baby and the words \u201cMy daughter, always\u201d engraved inside. Despite the painful truth, I realized love, not blood, defines family.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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