Natalie asked, "Does it need to be said? I'm not her own! Only Dad, who still cares about me, is trying to save me, but now... he probably won't be able to protect himself!"

She was an illegitimate daughter.

Until now, she did not know who her biological mother was.

The adoptive father she thought was actually her biological father.

"Gale... What do you think Dad was thinking, looking at me for so many years?"

Natalie's voice grew fainter. "Pretending to be ignorant, lying to Mary, lying t