She was the mirror image of Lily. Same wide eyes, same smile.
The two of them hit it off instantly, playing together like they’d known each other all their lives. Watching them, something inside me softened completely. I realized our family wasn’t breaking apart — it was growing.
A year later, Julia and I renewed our vows. We promised that there would never again be secrets between us. That we’d face whatever came our way — together, honestly.
Sometimes, when I see Lily clomping through the house in those same high heels, I smile. She doesn’t know it, but she saved us that day — with her innocence, her honesty, and her complete inability to keep a secret.
If she hadn’t played dress-up, if she hadn’t repeated her mother’s words, I might never have learned the truth.
Life, I’ve learned, has a strange way of revealing what’s hidden — not through grand events, but through the smallest, most unexpected moments.
And in the end, that moment didn’t destroy us.
It set us free.
