Twelve Years In The Secret Lab

Chapter 1

It was my daughter's birthday gala.

I was supposed to give the keynote speech, but she handed the microphone to her live-in tutor instead.

I sat in the audience, watching them look like a perfect, happy family.

"The person I want to thank the most is my tutor," she announced. "She takes care of me like a mother. I love her so much!"

The guests whispered and looked at me like I was a joke. My husband's eyes, however, were fixed entirely on the other woman.

In everyone's eyes, they