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Chapter 2 – A Promise Made Years Ago
Chapter 2 – A Promise Made Years Ago
Twenty-three years earlier...
Claire had stood beside a hospital bed holding her mother's hand.
Her mother had only hours left to live.
She squeezed Claire's tiny fingers.
"Promise me something."
Claire nodded through tears.
"Never let people love you because of our name."
Her father quietly wiped his eyes.
Her mother smiled weakly.
"If someone wants your heart..."
"They must never chase your inheritance."
Claire promised.
Her father kept that promise alive long after the funeral.
They changed cities.
She stopped using the family surname.
No interviews.
No publicity.
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No photographs.
She wanted an ordinary life.
