The Heiress he never met
The reading itself unfolded with a warmth that reminded Wren, watching from the small crowd gathered among the bookstore's narrow aisles, of the wedding reception nearly two years earlier — the same fierce, devoted circle of people, expanded now by Adaeze and Emmanuel, who had come specifically to support Ruth's launch, and by a scattering of strangers Wren didn't recognize, drawn by the book's growing word-of-mouth reputation.
Colleen introduced her grandmother with visible pride, describing the collaborative process of building the manuscript together with an affection that made Wren's own eyes fill, watching two generations of the same family finally, fully understanding each other across