Chapter 588

Ivy's POV

"Vanessa?"

Brad's voice came out low and stunned, like he'd just seen a ghost.

And the name alone was enough.

Everything clicked into place before I even turned around. Lily's mother. The woman who had abandoned her family four years ago. The person Brad almost never mentioned, but whose absence still left visible wounds.

I turned slowly.

There she was.

A very beautiful woman, probably i