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2024-10-29 19:42:56Anne's P.O.V
I heard Elizabeth following me and Liam up the stairs and I let her follow me. I had needed to speak to her and Arnold as I had intended about the cancer before, we left, as that was the whole reason for this visit and the elaborate plan that had been followed.
As soon as me and Liam were in the room, she came in and asked the one question I knew she was going to ask.
"How did you find out who we were? The adoption was sealed, and I couldn't get any information from there to find out who you were?"
I laughed.
"Of course, the adoption was sealed because you did it. Don't start acting all innocent now. You didn't want me finding you guys after you gave me up. I would really like to know what was so wrong with me that I was given away, but Ernie was kept?"
Elizabeth looked confused. She told me that she never asked for the adoption to be marked as closed because she was planning and has been trying to
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