I wanted to hate my mother for what was written on those pages, and the strangest part was that I couldn't.I stood in the cold light of the vault, staring at the neat, rounded signature that I had once traced on a village windowsill with my finger, trying to learn how a mother's name looked. Elias didn't say anything. He only closed the ledger gently, as if it might bruise, and set it back on the table between us."Open the envelope, Miss Tessa," he said at last. "Your grandfather wrote it for this moment. I think he knew."My hands were still shaking when I broke the seal. The letter inside was two pages long, written in his small, slanting hand, and the first line made my throat close."My little river, if you are reading this, then you have found your mother's signature, and you are hurt. Please read on before you judge her."I read it standing up, with Hollis near the door and Mrs. Aldous quietly pretending to adjust a drawer at the far end of the vault."Miriam signs what Gregor
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