Part 43: Trust

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After Hope leaves the bedroom, Josie avoids opening the photo album for a while, her emotions already on overdrive.

But after sitting back down at the desk and staring at the cover for another 15 minutes, she lets out a deep sigh, flipping it open to the first page of photos.

The first picture Josie sees is of Rebekah holding Hope as a baby.

Actually, the first several pages are only of Rebekah and Hope

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Actually, the first several pages are only of Rebekah and Hope.

And then Josie remembers, Hope said that Rebekah took her from her home in New Orleans right after she'd been born.

When Josie flips the page, she sees the first photograph of baby Hope with more than just her aunt, she's also with her father, mother, and Elijah.

The writing under the photo confirms that it was the first day they'd spent all together

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The writing under the photo confirms that it was the first day they'd spent all together.

After that, there's very few photos of baby Hope.

There's sort of a chunk of missing time, perhaps from having to stay so hidden for so long, separated from most of her family at any given time.

After flipping through a few pages, Josie observes a candid photo, taken from a distance away, of young Hope, sitting at a table outside, painting with her father.

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