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Chapters (35)
  1. TITLE PAGE
  2. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  3. DEDICATION
  4. Contents
  5. Chapter One
  6. Chapter Two
  7. Chapter Three
  8. Chapter Four
  9. Chapter Five
  10. Chapter Six
  11. Chapter Seven
  12. Chapter Eight
  13. Chapter Nine
  14. Chapter Ten
  15. Chapter Eleven
  16. Chapter Twelve
  17. Chapter Thirteen
  18. Chapter Fourteen
  19. Chapter Fifteen
  20. Chapter Sixteen
  21. Chapter Seventeen
  22. Chapter Eighteen
  23. Chapter Nineteen
  24. Chapter Twenty
  25. Chapter Twenty-One
  26. Chapter Twenty-Two
  27. Chapter Twenty-Three
  28. Chapter Twenty-Four
  29. Chapter Twenty-Five
  30. Chapter Twenty-Six
  31. Epilogue
  32. Acknowledgments
  33. From the Author: The Story Behind the Story
  34. READERS DISCUSSION GUIDE
  35. About the Author

“And you should show her more of Maui,” Auntie Wang said. “She needs to see where her family is from.”

“I think we can squeeze in some sightseeing, if I juggle a few things around,” Liam said.

“Okay,” Quinn conceded. They were right. She was managing too much, and a little assistance could help her see things more clearly. Keep an emotional distance from it all. Auntie Wang was perfect for the job. And she did want to see more of Maui on this trip. “Give me your email address, and I’ll send you the link and my password. And the copies of the birth certificates. But you promise you’ll keep me updated if anything at all comes up?”

“Cross my heart,” Auntie Wang said. “And Liam knows my information. He can forward it to you.” She beamed back at Quinn, filled with a new energy as she practically glided across the floor to lead them to the door.

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Eleven

Quinn was up early. After a quick shower, she pulled on a simple T-shirt and shorts and pulled her hair back into a twist. After adding some earrings, she quickly went through her makeup routine; then she checked her phone.

Ethan had left her a message:

Thinking about getting a dog. What are your thoughts?

A dog? Quinn shook her head. She’d wanted to add a dog to their life for as long as she could remember, and he’d always said it wasn’t the right time. Now he chooses to dangle the dog offer? While she was five thousand miles away?

He was obviously feeling his loss of control over her and thought the possibility of getting a dog would reel her back in.

She laid the phone aside and picked up her laptop, then signed in, opened her email, and waited for the new messages to filter in. She and Ethan had bigger issues to get through before adding more complications to their life. In a way it was sweet that he knew what would lift her up, but, on the other hand, it was irritating that he’d use it right now. She didn’t respond.

As soon as her in-box refreshed, mixed in with a half dozen work emails, she saw a message from Auntie Wang. It was time-stamped after midnight, which was really only a few hours after Quinn had emailed her the link and password to the ancestry site.

Could she have found something that fast?

Her heart beat out of her chest, but she clicked on the message: