Ella’s hands smelled faintly of cleaning solution.She knelt in the back hall of the Hart villa, wiping down the marble skirting boards for the third time that morning. The place was spotless already, but Nora liked things done twice—especially when Ella was the one doing them.Footsteps clicked sharply behind her.“Enough. You can stop.”Ella straightened at once.Nora Hart stood there in a silk robe, arms folded, expression unreadable. Her gaze swept over the hallway as if inspecting a hotel corridor.“Go wash your hands and change,” Nora said coolly. “Your biological parents are here.”The words landed without warning.Ella froze.“They came to take you home,” Nora added, almost bored. “Try not to embarrass anyone.”For a moment, Ella couldn’t speak. She had known this day might come—Nora had mentioned it once, in passing—but hearing it so plainly still caught her off guard.“Yes, Ma’am,” she said quietly.She rinsed her hands in the utility sink, wiped them dry on her jeans, and c
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