Justin faced with his ex-foster daughter who turned out to be his cousin's daughter did not know what to do or say.
He looked at his wife who smiled at him with a slight nod trying to tell him that he did nothing wrong and he has no reason to feel guilty.
Valerie had had her fill of crying behind the locked doors of her workroom when she discovered that Rose was her favorite cousin's daughter.
She felt more guilty than Justin will ever feel after all his father was not directly related to the king but he was an adopted child of the Whitfred family.
She was close to her cousin and used to adore her before things went wrong. She remembered the familiarity she felt towards Rose when she saw her for the first time.
Then it was only a mixture of complicated emotions that she could not comprehend but now she understands why she felt that way.
