In public, she was the noble daughter of the Muller family and the enviable young mistress of the Carrell family. But behind the scenes, she was a poor maid who had to wear a mask all day long and struggled for her livelihood.

Due to a conspiracy, she was forced to marry Ralph Carrell, son of the most powerful family in Northfield, in the name of Rayna Muller.

After the wedding, Ralph doted on her.

When Rayna showed up and claimed the place, she shed all her glory and left. She thought she would never see Ralph again, but Ralph took her into his arms and said, "Mrs. Carrell, you are not running away from me."

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"Can I ask you some questions? The doctors need to know some things in order to know what they can give you," I explain, and she swallows what she has in her mouth before speaking.

"I can try to give you as much information as I know, but it's not much," she warns, and I nod. Anything she can give me is good information. I look down at the clipboard and start reading the questions out.

"Name?" She doesn't answer after a couple of seconds, making me look back up. She seems hesitant, but I don't press her to answer. "We can come back to that," I say, looking at the next blank. "Age?"

"I'm eighteen," she says, which is a shock to me considering I had thought she was fourteen or younger when I first found her. She's older than I am, which is hard to believe.

I look back up from the clipboard. "You're eighteen?" I ask, both for clarification and because I'm having a hard time believing it as well.

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