When my fiancé and I went to see his parents in their beautiful French home, we didn’t expect to find out any dark family secrets. But during a casual dinner chat, shocking facts came to light that would forever change our lives.
As we ate wonderful French food at the dinner table, Antoine’s parents, Pierre and Marie, seemed friendly and open. But when they spoke in French, thinking I wouldn’t understand, they showed me a world I hadn’t known about.
The way they talked made me think of a secret that was hidden in Antoine’s childhood bedroom. Because I was interested, I told Antoine to look into it. We are going to be very upset by what he found.
There were old letters, photos, and his mother’s notebook in a small, locked wooden box under his bed. The journal did, however, uncover a shocking family secret: Marie was not Antoine’s real mother. To keep the family’s good name, she raised him as her own child.
We were shocked by what we found, but there was more. Antoine’s real mother left him a large inheritance that he had to keep secret until he turned thirty. Pierre and Marie, on the other hand, were looking for it and trying to keep it for themselves.
We knew we had to be careful as we moved through this maze of secrets and lies. We chose to watch how Antoine’s parents behaved and tell them the truth at that moment.
We promised to find out more secrets and get back what was properly Antoine’s if we worked together. We would get through the hard times with our love and determination.
We knew we could handle anything when we left the hospital hand in hand. We still had a long way to go, but we were ready to face whatever came next together.
