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"And then she went back to Seoul?" I asked, then cursed myself silently Maybe it was best that I didn’t know But I was here I had to ask every question I could think of, because I would never get this chance again

Mrs Rhee shook her head sadly "She died teeks later Blood poisoning, they said"

"Sepsis," Landon said softly

Mrs Rhee nodded "Yes But she loved you"

My gaze went back to the box on the floor She was dead Not that I’d ever been on a mission to find her, but now that h soht previously solid, only to find the vieas of a brick wall

The conflicting eiven h she’d been both It hadn’t been a cultural dictate, or a personal choice She’d never been given the option to raisethat I would never know ave me a sense of peace I wasn’t unwanted I’d been loved froer love h

"Did she ever mention my father?" I asked

Mrs Rhee’s eyebrows rose "She described him as someone as never meant to stay"

My hands cupped the now chilly teacup "And then "

"You were It was the fastest I have ever handed a child over--yet another reason I remembered you But I placed a call the day after your one soon after"

"And now you’re a girls’ school, not an orphanage?"

"Noe educate young woer care for babies here" She glanced up at the clock and gave ht s to think of anything to ask A thousand questions went throughabout this woman told ?" Landon asked

Her brows lifted in surprise "We can always use et it," he promised

She inclined her head but made no other response

"What was she like, my mother?" I couldn’t help but ask