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ate, he told Scott what he’d found so far.
    â€œYou mean you’ve never seen your birth certificate?” Scott asked him. “How’d you get into school?”
    â€œI’ve had a passport since I was three, and my parents renewed it every year. When I became an adult, I did the same.”
    â€œYou have to find your birth certificate.”
    â€œI found a newspaper clipping about a child who was born in Hagerstown. I’m going to see if I can find anyone who knows why my parents would save that birth notice.”
    â€œWell, do it without making a fuss. Don’t forget that you’re pretty well-known in this area.”
    â€œYeah. I hadn’t thought of that.
    â€œI don’t see anything else in these papers, except property deeds, an infant death certificate, their marriage certificate and that sort of thing. I’ll go through this stuff again after time puts some distance between me and all this.”

Chapter 2
    H eather got up, put the chain latch on the door and went to the kitchen for some water. She wanted to take the vitamin that Judson had brought her. She had expected to see dirty dinner dishes, pots and pans and cooking utensils piled up in the sink. Instead, the kitchen looked immaculate. She looked into the refrigerator and saw that Judson had put away the eggs and butter precisely as she would have.
    â€œHmm.” She wouldn’t have suspected that he was a neat freak. She got a glass of water and went back to bed. She owned several sexy negligees, yet Judson Philips had caught her looking frumpy. But so what? He had shown her that he could be sweet as well as charming, that he was thoughtful and kind. She couldn’t say that she was sorry about Judson’s visit, but she hada little pang in the region of her heart. Maybe the day would come when she could let herself freely go with a man she cared about and who cared for her, but she couldn’t for now. She had too far to go and a rough road ahead. But somehow…
    Judson had grown up in a loving family. She needed to talk to her father. The explanation that “marriage didn’t suit everybody” suddenly did not suffice. There was always a reason why a marriage was in turmoil.
    She reached for the phone and dialed Annie. “Hi. How’s Daddy?”
    â€œI was reading the paper to him and he dosed off to sleep. He does that a lot lately.”
    â€œI’ve got a cold, but if I can get better soon, I’ll be over there Friday and spend the weekend.”
    â€œIt’ll be good. He always cheers up when you’re here.”
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    Heather drove her own car to Hagerstown. She always felt guilty whenever her chauffeur spent a weekend sitting in the limousine with nothing to do, because she didn’t want to go anyplace. She parked in front of the family home, a white-brick Georgian, and went inside.
    She hugged Annie, who met her at the door. “Hi. Is Daddy awake?”
    â€œYes, indeed. And he was so excited when I told him you’d be here. He’s in his room.”
    She dashed up the stairs to her father’s room and knocked on the door. “Come in.” His once-deep baritone had become the voice of a weaker, older man.
    â€œHi, Daddy,” she said as she walked in his bedroom and saw him sitting in his big chair looking out the window. She leaned down, kissed his cheek and hugged him.
    â€œHeather! How good to see you. Talking to you on the phone is one thing, but it’s always so good when you’re here. How was Cairo?”
    â€œI always enjoy Egypt, Daddy. But progress is slow, and those conferences often seem more of a diplomatic liability than an asset.”
    â€œYou’re impatient. Until people begin to share information about their problems and look for solutions together, no progress will be made at all. Scott called me yesterday. I always wished you two would get together, but once you started that brother-sister thing,