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“She was released five years ago,” Mara said, her voice breaking.

Celeste stepped out of the shadows, her silk robe cinched tight, her face unreadable. “I wondered how long it would take you,” she said to Mara. Then she looked at Leo. “And you. The little librarian who couldn’t stop searching.” Searching for- Stepmom s Gardener Surprise in-A...

Leo, home from his graduate program in library science, told himself his fascination was purely observational. He was cataloging her, like a rare botanical specimen. The way she knelt to inspect a wilting hydrangea. The way she cursed under her breath, in Portuguese, when a sprinkler head broke. The way she never noticed him watching. “She was released five years ago,” Mara said,

The surprise wasn’t what he expected.