She didn't want revenge.
She had come because she wanted to meet me.
She had spent her entire life wondering what it would have been like to grow up with me.
She had watched photographs of my childhood.
She knew the names of my friends.
She knew where I worked.
She knew things about me that I didn't know about her.
And now, after years of silence, she had finally decided she couldn't leave without seeing me.
"I didn't know how to tell you," she whispered.
I sat across from her.
"Why didn't Mom tell me?"
"Because she was afraid."
"Afraid of what?"
"Of losing you."
I laughed bitterly.
"She already lost you."
Elena looked down.
"I know."
## The Family Confrontation
When Daniel arrived, he found us sitting together.
He stopped in the doorway.
His face changed.
He knew immediately that I had discovered everything.
"How long?" I asked.
He didn't answer.
