Chapter 555. A Reason To Hope Again

“Here, look at these two group photos,” Tobias said, flipping through the album. “I was there too.”

Caitlin and Sebastian followed the direction of his finger and immediately spotted him seated in the front center of the group, clearly in a position of authority as the head of the center.

Tobias shifted his hand, pointing to the second row toward the back, about six people in from the left. “That’s Ellie. Take a look—do you recognize her?”

Caitlin leaned in. The photo was wide-angled and filled with people, making it difficult to make out individual faces.

Tobias handed her a magnifying glass. Caitlin carefully zoomed in on the woman he’d indicated. When the image finally came into sharp focus, her heart clenched as if scorched by fire—sharp, sudden, and burning.

It was her mother.

No doubt about it.

Ellie was her mother.

“Yes, it’s her! That’s my mother!”

Caitlin lifted her head, her voice trembling with emotion. She could hardl