Chapter 72

Ophelia POV

If blood is thicker than water, then how come long-lost siblings don’t recognize each other immediately when passing by on the street?

It could be a random stranger and you wouldn’t give them a second glance, all the while knowing that someone you love might still be lost out there in the world.

I recall reading an article a few years back about how two people were neighbors for several years without realizing that they were brother and sister. When they were still toddlers, their parents divorced, one taking the other. Both went on to remarry and never mentioned to their kids that they each had a sibling.

For years, they knew nothing of each other until the one moved in across the road from her brother. Every morning, they’d do the neighborly thing and greet each other out of courtesy. And then their kids became friends.

The only reason they found out was because they finally had a formal introduction and realized they both shared the same last name.

I need Emily to