Chapter 306

Author's pov In the next room, Helena stood by the window with her arms crossed. Her brow was furrowed, eyes focused. "Do you think Cece already knows?" she asked quietly. Esther let out a slow breath and shook her head. "Hard to say. She keeps everything to herself. Even when she figures something out, she doesn't always show it. That's just how she is." She paused. "When Zane came to Denver, he met with Cece more than once. He might've said something without meaning to. Just enough to get her thinking. And when you brought it up earlier, she probably put the pieces together." Helena gave a slow nod. "Things tend to happen when they're supposed to." She had kept her promise for years. The one she made to the Locke matriarch: protect the girl, raise her far from the family, and most of all, make sure Maggie Locke never found out the baby was alive. Cecilia was that baby. The daughter of Zane's late wife, Rebecca. Her mother and older brother died in the crash. She was the only one w