Ember POV
My heart pounded in my chest, waiting for one of them to speak the truth. Hearing what Dad had just said made me want to faint. There was a truth that I didn’t know.
My mom began to speak with a trembling voice. “We always knew this day might come, but we hoped it never would. You see, when you were just a baby, someone gave you to us. A young lady. You have grown to look like her, very charming.” Mom smiled bitterly. “Your dad and I were well into our forties at that time, living in the US, with no child. We tried hard to have a baby, but age was not in our favor anymore. We even went overseas for consultations and procedures, but nothing happened. So when this young woman, who lived in the same apartment complex, approached us, we took it as a blessing. You were just about si
