"My father?"I couldn't remember the last time I'd said those words out loud. Seven years? Eight? Everything blurred somewhere between him walking out and my mother falling apart.

The man smiled politely and folded himself into the chair. "Robert Sterling, although he's changed his name over the years. He prefers to be called Silas now."

He slid a business card across the table. The gold embossing flashed under the shop lights.

Gregory Thorne

Senior Partner

Ashford Legal Group

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