Hannah took another breath and plowed forward. “If I seem a little tense, it’s because I am. A few weeks ago, I came across some papers of my mother’s in a box she’d left with June during the remodeling project. It looks like my parents had a baby girl when my mom was seventeen and gave her up for adoption. I kind of freaked out, but Susie and her mom wanted to help, so Faye started looking online and found a post on a forum. She thought it might be Emma because the details fit, so I e-mailed her yesterday.” She ended in a rush and stopped, her breath running out with her words.
Susie turned to Hannah and swiped a curl away as it bounced in front of her eyes. “I’m glad you told her. I honestly had no idea that’s why you called this morning, but I don’t think it will help for you to keep t
