Chapter 11 - The Other DaughterThe hospital records were heavily protected.
But one document remained.
A young woman had been admitted years earlier after an accident.
Her name was Elena Vale.
Her birth records had been sealed.
Clara stared at the photograph.
It was unmistakable.
The woman was her twin.
They had the same face.
The same eyes.
The same expression when they were afraid.
Clara sat alone in the hospital corridor, overwhelmed.
She had spent twenty-two years believing she had been abandoned.
Now she discovered another woman had lived through the same nightmare.
She wondered whether Elena hated the Sterling family.
Whether she would hate Victoria.
Whether she would hate Clara.
Then a nurse approached.
"Are you Clara Sterling?"
"Yes."
"Someone left this for you."
It was a small velvet pouch.
Inside was the second emerald pendant.
May you like
And a handwritten note.
If you want the truth, come alone.
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