The snow fell so thick that Ethan Walker almost didn’t see the child standing in the middle of Highway 87. A little girl maybe 5 years old. No hat, no shoes. Her bare feet left Red Prince in the white snow. Blood freezing as fast as it appeared. She clutched a torn teddy bear to her chest.
Shaking so violently Ethan thought she might collapse right there in the storm. Ethan was a single father who had survived war. But in that moment, his heart nearly stopped. He didn’t know her name. He didn’t know who she was. And he had no idea that in just a few hours, her billionaire mother would arrive with a truth that would terrify the entire town.
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