All Chapters of The Widow Who Married My Husband : Chapter 11 - Chapter 14

Ava couldn’t breathe.Her eyes remained fixed on the framed photograph resting on the wooden desk.“No…”Her voice cracked.“That’s impossible.”She picked up the frame with trembling hands.The woman standing beside Richard Cross looked exactly like her mother.The same warm smile.The same gentle eyes.Even the tiny birthmark near her left eyebrow.It was impossible to mistake her.“My mother died fifteen years ago,” Ava whispered.Damien slowly stepped beside her.“I know.”“Then why is she in your family picture?”“I don’t know.”Victoria took the frame from Ava and turned it over.“There must be a date.”On the back, written in faded black ink, were four words.Cross Family Retreat.Below them was a date.May 12, 2004.Ava’s knees nearly gave out.“My mother died in 2011.”Victoria looked confused.“Then this picture was taken seven years before her death.”Ava nodded.“But she never told me she knew the Cross family.”Damien frowned.“My father never mentioned her either.”The r

Ava stared at the photograph.Her fingers trembled so violently that the edges of the picture shook.Two identical boys smiled back at her.Ethan.And the brother she had never known existed.She turned the photograph over again.One of them is your husband.The other one is the man who tried to kill him.Her heart pounded.“What does this mean?”No one answered.The vault had descended into chaos after the gunshot. Men were shouting. Someone had knocked over a shelf, sending files crashing to the floor.Richard Cross was gone.So was Ethan.Ava looked around desperately.“Ethan!”Nothing.“Ethan!”Victoria grabbed her arm.“Ava, we have to leave.”“No.”“He was here.”“I know.”“I saw someone grab you.”“It was him.”“How do you know?”Ava looked at her.“I know my husband’s voice.”Victoria’s expression softened.Then she looked at the photograph.“Who is the other boy?”Ava shook her head.“I don’t know.”Damien appeared beside them.His face was pale.“Give me that.”Ava immediate