When James loses his wife, he believes grief will be the greatest hardship he’ll ever endure—until he discovers a hidden box among her belongings. Inside lies a decades-old divorce decree, a daughter he never knew existed, and the truth that Claire carried her own secret pain. As James unravels the life he thought he understood, he’s drawn into the fragile orbit of Lila, the woman who might be his daughter—and the only remaining thread connecting him to the wife he’s still learning to forgive.
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