Emily brings her newborn daughter Nora home after thirteen difficult days in the NICU, believing the hardest part is finally over. But when her grandfather Walter sees Nora’s mismatched eyes and learns her father is Caleb, he is terrified. He reveals that Emily’s mother, Sarah, once worked as Caleb’s nanny, and that Emily had lived with his family as a child.

Walter explains that Caleb’s father, William, had tried to force Sarah into a relationship after his wife died. When she refused, he fired her and used his wealth and connections to prevent her from finding work. Walter took Emily away and promised Sarah he would keep William’s family out of her life. He believed he was protecting her.

Emily then realizes that Caleb was the little boy she remembers from her childhood—the boy who helped her learn to ride her red bicycle. She also realizes Caleb had recognized her when they met at a bookstore two years earlier. She searches her mother’s old letters and discovers that Caleb had never forgotten her. Even as a child, he wrote to Sarah asking where Emily had gone and later secretly sent his.. READ MORE