DENISE"Finally! I thought you'd never return." I stood to welcome the man who had been the only family I'd known all my life.

Mom had died young leaving me in the care of my stepfather, who was then her boyfriend.

Yeah, they never got a chance to tie the knot before she died, so had my stepdad explained.

I owed the man a lot especially when he'd gone through the stress of helping me find my root and discovering I was the biological daughter of a rich man.

A dead rich man.

He hugged me. "Yeah, ...