Bell got weird about going to her biological family’s house. For a while there, she was going most days to watch her mother and her sister through their window. I knew she wanted to know them. She wanted to know where she came from, but, to be honest, I was afraid. I was afraid that she’d knock on their door one day and her mother would invite her in and hug her and she’d never want to leave. She wasn’t my blood sister, but she was more family to me than the parents ever were.
When Lady Lane’s tape leaked, I freaked out, because even though Bell didn’t really visit their place after Merrill died, I knew she was comforted by knowing where Kate was, under an hour away in light traffic. But now Kate, Lady Lane, she was halfway across the world.