Chapter 4: The Call That Changed Everything
Three days later, Howard's phone rang. The caller ID displayed an unknown number. A woman's voice answered when he picked up.
"Is this Howard Bennett?"
His grip tightened instantly.
"Who's asking?"
There was a long silence.
Then the woman quietly replied, "You spent twenty-seven years looking for my mother. I think her name was Sarah."
Howard stopped breathing.
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Emily stared at him from across the room as tears filled his eyes.
Because for the first time in nearly three decades, someone had finally called with an answer.
