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Sent away by her mother to an isolating institute, a daughter is being reclaimed by her distant family 13 years later.
She returns to brothers with misplaced anger and misunderstandings, a mother who she can't seem to understand, and an elusive father who seems to be making an effort.
What seems to be a typical reuniting story is twisted when dark secrets of the past begin to unravel, rooting in why she was sent away in the first place.
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After 16-year-old Catherine found herself tangled in a scandal, she ran away from her family. Her brothers, believing she had died, mourned the loss of their sister. But eight years later, Catherine reappears, not as the sweet girl they once knew, but as someone entirely different-someone who will save her brother's life. However, Catherine is no longer the naive girl she once was. The innocence that once defined her has long been replaced by resilience. As she steps back into their lives, her brothers must come to terms with the painful truth that the sister they thought they had lost forever is not the same person anymore. Can they overcome their past and learn to accept the woman she has become? Or will Catherine disappear again, leaving her family behind for good?
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