Then he handed it to me.
—Because the greatest secret in this family isn’t that Leonardo Lancaster has three sons.
My fingers trembled as I opened the envelope.
Inside was an old photograph of my mother standing beside Leonardo’s father.
Behind it was a birth record.
I read the first line.
Then I couldn’t continue.
Leonardo took the paper from my hands.
His face lost every trace of color.
—This can’t be right.
Victoria began crying.
And Charles quietly finished the sentence that none of us were prepared to hear.
—Before anyone discusses Leonardo’s fortune, Sofia, we need to discover whether you were ever legally allowed to marry him at all.
