KAIA'S POV
"She told me not to open it until... until later. I didn’t even get the chance to ask her what it was before she practically pushed me out of the house with Ana. Everything happened too fast."
I could already feel my heart tightening in my chest.
"I didn’t open the envelope until after the burial. I guess a part of me was scared of what I would find inside. But when I finally did, it all made sense."
I shifted closer, gently brushing his hand with mine. "What was in it?"
"A letter," he said. "From my mom. In her handwriting. She finally told me the truth—admitting that I wasn’t their biological son. That they had adopted me from a woman when I was only a few hours old."
I blinked, shocked, but stayed silent so he could go on.
"She said I had to look after Ana no matter wh
