The Unborn Heir

“My poor niece! You have had to live by yourself all these years. My poor sister died in a strange land. How come you did not come home sooner?” he asked his voice a tumult of emotions.

“I was not aware of my mother's home until quite recently. A woman who claims to have been best friends with my mother told me about this place,” was my reply. I wondered if Beatrice too was a native of this place