Maya stood in front of the building that used to be her studio. Her chest ached just looking at it. The sign had already been changed. The place she had poured her heart into, where her dreams had started to grow again, now had a new name: Bright Minds Child Counseling Center. Her boutique was gone, replaced by Lena’s idea of a new beginning.

But Maya hadn’t come to look at what she had lost. She was here for something else—something far more painful. The truth.

She walked through the glass doors, her steps steady even though her heart beat heavily inside her. Everything inside looked different. The furniture she...