Chapter 767

Madelyn shivered, grappling with unfamiliar emotions.

‘Mom’s childhood sweetheart? But Rosario said Mom was an orphan and Father took her in, right?’

Even in the warm living room, Madelyn felt a chill go down her spine. She made her way to the study and opened the pink leather-bound notebook. As she leafed through its pages, she paused at one with precise, fine handwriting.

[January 20th, 1975, sunny. I turned sixteen today! Agustin gifted me a necklace and a stunning white pony. Can’t wait to ride it around town. I wonder what Mom and Dad have planned for my birthday.]

riding Agustin’s pony when a man on a large horse, sporting tall boots, startled me. He snarkily called me

Mom says

had never heard of

to chronicle her mother’s teen years.

the

12th, 1976. He still didn’t come home tonight. Where could he be? I’m sorry, Erick. I won’t snap at you

guy when she was just seventeen?’ It was not unusual for young couples to be living together at that age. Madelyn read several pages, then

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