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"Of course, your mother?"

Logan sighed. "Is alive and well, if rather fragile, and confined to her nursing home. She forgets things easily these days, which is a blessing in disguise in lots of respects." His jaw clenched, and Hannah fancied she could hear his teeth grind together. "She doesn’t know the whole story. All she does know is that Claudia had an accident, which means I’m looking after Rhia."

"I see." Hannah took a deep breath and fought the instinct to reach out to him. "Doesn’t she ask after … you know … your brother?"

Logan’s short humorless laugh sent chills down her spine.

"There are advantages to his being my identical twin. I simply let her believe I’m him, when she confuses us, which happens more and more these days." He smiled grimly at Hannah’s sharp intake of breath.

"That must be…"