Chapter 52: Unexpected Connections

[Lily]

Godmother. Is that even a real thing anymore? Do people still have godmothers?

Apparently, I still do. And my godmother is a famous supermodel.

“But I don’t know you,” I say without thinking, only seeing that my words hurt by the way she steps back, her eyes dark with sadness. “That doesn’t mean I don’t believe you, but it seems strange that my mother would leave me to someone I hadn’t even met.”

“You’ve met me,” she laughs, “But you were little the last time and don’t remember. I think you were maybe four at the time. I used to come out and spend summers with your mom before my…” she looks over at Link and winces, “before my breakup with Link’s father. I stopped coming to California, and it wasn’t safe for her to come back to New York,” she explains. “Your grandfather didn’t want her ANYWHERE near the city ever again. In his mind she was dead…”

“Until she was,” I murmur, growing bitter as I consider my grandfather and how he didn’t care about my existence until the only perso