Chapter 47

My breath caught in my throat as I stared at her. “But how?” I breathed. “You don’t even know who my mother is. There could be a million Isabelles in Meryllia.” “Yes, there could be. But you are the spitting image of her,” she said softly. “Her daughter’s name is also Elizabeth.” I sank into the chair across from her. “Can you tell me the address you both lived at?” “That was years ago,” she murmured. “But I haven’t forgotten. It was 1008th Zelda Avenue, right across from a small park where we’d go to feed the ducks on Sundays.” Her eyes turned glossy as they stared at the wall behind me, lost in timeless memories. The address was right. That was where I’d gone with Kevin today. Only, now, there were no more houses, and there were no more parks to feed ducks. It had been reformed into a corporate jungle. “How did you find me?” she asked, leaning forward as if to hear me better. “I didn’t,” I frowned. “I just