Days later, a brick shattered the shop window. Red paint smeared across the glass: STOP DIGGING.
Fear returned with the winter wind.
But this time, Emily wasn’t alone.
Nathaniel stayed. He hired security. He slept on the shop’s worn couch. He stood watch.
Together, they uncovered the truth. The fire had been orchestrated by Nathaniel’s former partner, Gregory Hale. Driven by greed, he planned to blackmail Nathaniel using the twins. But when Clara perished unexpectedly in the blaze and Nathaniel collapsed into grief, Gregory panicked. He abandoned the babies in a distant alley, believing the cold would erase his mistake.
Security footage and witness testimony brought justice swiftly. Gregory was arrested. The truth made headlines.
But the real healing happened quietly within the walls of Silver Thimble.
Emily feared losing the girls. Nathaniel was their biological father, wealthy and powerful. She was just the woman who had found them in snow.
Yet Nathaniel saw what mattered.
She had loved them when no one else had.