“She confessed to me before you married Hugo. She said she is Soleil. At first, I didn’t want to believe it because how could that happen? Soleil is dead. I want to laugh. But when she showed the burnt skin she had on her face, I knew she was Soleil. Their plane exploded, so the wound was the proof. But instead of rejoicing, it was as if anger had taken over my heart.” Mommy Helena looked away as she recounted what they had talked about the day I saw them talking to Soleil in the lobby before.

The cold breeze hit my skin as I fix my hair. I hugged...