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Client privilege be damned, Joel decided. He couldn’t let Riane continue to believe the worst. “I came to West Virginia to see your mother because I thought she might be able to help with a case I’m working on. I have a client who’s trying to find someone.”

“A missing person?”

“Not missing, exactly,” Joel hedged. “The woman I’m looking for was adopted twenty-two years ago.”

“Why do you think my mother can help?”

He hesitated, reluctant to state the conclusion that would crumble all Riane’s conceptions about her life. But the fierce determination in her eyes forced his hand. She wouldn’t let him continue to evade. More compelling than that, however, was the realization that he owed her the truth.

“I think you’re the woman I’m looking for.”