Gemotions

The lawyer had warned her, "This could stir up trouble." But Eleanor hadn't been dissuaded. Her mother's will had been a shock, and the cryptic notes scribbled on the margins of a photo album were her only clues.

A photo of her father, the devoted patriarch, showed him with a woman who was clearly not her mother. It was taken at a place she’d never heard of, in a town a hundred miles away. The woman's smile was genuine, and the look in her father's eyes was not something she recognized.

Her hands shook as she turned the page. They’d maintained a facade of perfection for her entire life. A chill settled in her bones; she would not rest until she unearthed the whole truth.