Evelyn's POV
Evelyn sat in the library alone. The documents spread in front of her.
Marguerite's letters were there too. The ones Sandra had kept. The ones that said I did not want this…. I am so sorry.
Lies or half truths. Evelyn did not know which was worse.
Maybe Marguerite wanted the kidnapping but not the poisoning. Maybe she drew a line somewhere and thought that made her less guilty. Maybe she spent years writing apologies to a baby she could not return or maybe she was just a coward. Someone who wanted the Valentine fortune without the work of actually being a Valentine.
Evelyn picked up one of the letters. Read it again.
Dear little one. I hope someday you will understand. I did what I had to do.
"No," Evelyn said out loud. "You did what you wanted to do."
She set the let
