Leonie couldn't believe her ears. "Mom? What are you talking about? I have an uncle?"
She had never met her grandparents growing up, and her parents had never mentioned them. She didn't even know her mom had family on her side.
Vespera sobbed as she began to tell Leonie everything.
Years ago, as a naive young woman, she fell in love and got pregnant, only to be cruelly betrayed. Raised in a sheltered environment, Vespera couldn't handle the heartbreak. When she confessed everything to her parents, their harsh condemnation pushed her into despair. In a moment of hopelessness, she attempted suicide but survived—only to fall into the hands of human traffickers.
It was Jayden Ford, Leonie's father, who rescued her. She had lost her memory by then but soon gave birth to twins, Ezeki
