The bride's stand-In
"Don't you want to know where your mother is, Evelyn?"
Those words hit me like a tidal wave. My mother. My real mother. Memories of sleepless nights flooded my mind, nights spent crying over the stories I had heard about her suffering. A woman trapped in this family's web, a woman who had endured hell. I had spent years imagining her face, her voice, her touch.
"Yes, I want to know," I whispered, my voice trembling.
"Then do this for me," Dad said, his tone softening, but the manipulation was clear. "Marry Mr Volkov, and I promise you, I'll find her. After the wedding, I'll start searching. Within a year, you'll have your mother."
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