“What is going on here? Is it true that you sent her Bunny… that you’ve been speaking to her for years?”
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One of them had lied about what was supposed to happen next.
Hope looked at Bunny in Rachel’s hand.
“She said she had nothing from me. That sometimes she wondered whether she’d imagined having me.” Her eyes filled. “She contacted me when I was fifteen. I answered because I was curious. That’s all it was at first. I was going to tell you…”
“When?”
“I don’t know.”
“Why? I’m… your mother. Why keep this secret?”
“I was going to tell you…”
Hope closed her eyes.
“Did you think I’d stop you?” I asked.
“No.”
“Then why hide it?”
Hope’s voice cracked.
“Because I knew it would hurt you.”
“Did you think I’d stop you?”
I almost laughed.
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“So instead you lied.”
“I didn’t know how to tell you.”
Rachel stepped forward. “She was trying to protect you.”
Hope immediately snapped, “Don’t speak for me. You still haven’t explained why you’re here.”
Rachel stopped.
“So instead you lied.”
Rachel said softly, “Hope, we discussed this. You said you wanted to meet me, to stay with me for a while so we could get to know each other…”
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