Chapter FortyAdèle was so undone by Molly’s revelation that she did not return to the bank. After standing outside in the cold trying to calm down and figure out what to do next, she walked all the way to her mother’s house. Probably the best thing would be to wait, think things over, maybe go to the mairie herself to look at the records. But sometimes the best thing is not the most pressing thing, and what Adèle needed to do as soon as possible was look her mother in the face and ask her if it was true.
Had her real mother been Josephine? And if yes, why had Josephine given her up? And why in the world was her sister the one to take her?
It made no sense. No matter from which direction Adèle tried to approach it—it made no sense. She wanted to run to Michel, but what could he do? The on
