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"Your father needed someone to care for you, since your ht Miss Hawthorn back with him to be your nanny"

"When did she become the housekeeper?"

"I aer needed a nanny"

"I suppose"

"Is that the story you were told?"

"Yes" Hayley's mind seeht?"

"Well, all I knew of her was that she was Mrs

Sommers' sister As soon as your mother and father married, Mrs Sommers forbid anyone in her household to speak with either of them "

Hayley felt weak but tried to hide the shock coursing through her "I really have to go now, but I would really like for us to talk again sometime" She forced a smile as she stood

"With her father's insistence that she ed when he refused and married your mother instead Caroline and her sister didn't talk for years and I suppose after Caroline died she regretted the strained relationship with your father" Mrs Stephen's squinted "How is your relationship with your aunt?"

Hayley nodded, "Things are fine Thank you for your tiain and smiled as Mrs Stephens embraced it with both of her hands