The Search for a Birth Mother

The Innocent

This thread follows Kyra’s effort to learn where she came from and the unexpected path that brings her to her mother.

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Adoption Discovered Adoption Discovered from "The Innocent". Adoption Discovered A New Fact About Her Life At eighteen, Kyra learns that she was adopted.

Adoption Discovered from "The Innocent". Adoption Discovered A New Fact About Her Life At eighteen, Kyra learns that she was adopted.

Adoption Discovered A New Fact About Her Life At eighteen, Kyra learns that she was adopted. She loves her adoptive family, but the discovery creates a need to understand her birth and her original family. Looking for Answers She turns to adoption-search groups and begins tracing the limited information available. The search eventually leads her to the fact that her birth mother, Candace Potter, was believed to have been murdered.

Kimmy’s Account Kimmy’s Account from "The Innocent". Kimmy’s Account A Visit to Reno Kyra visits Kimmy Dale, who confirms that she knew Candace Potter and gives Kyra a photograph of Candace with her.

Kimmy’s Account from "The Innocent". Kimmy’s Account A Visit to Reno Kyra visits Kimmy Dale, who confirms that she knew Candace Potter and gives Kyra a photograph of Candace with her.

Kimmy’s Account A Visit to Reno Kyra visits Kimmy Dale, who confirms that she knew Candace Potter and gives Kyra a photograph of Candace with her. Kimmy describes the hard life the two women shared in the clubs. A Vow of Justice Moved by what she learns, Kyra says she wants to find her mother’s killer. Kimmy urges her to stay out of danger, but Kyra’s determination echoes the hope and defiance she has inherited.

The Convent Call The Convent Call from "The Innocent". The Convent Call A Carefully Timed Contact Sister Mary Rose calls Marsha Hunter’s home, where Kyra has been living as a helper.

The Convent Call from "The Innocent". The Convent Call A Carefully Timed Contact Sister Mary Rose calls Marsha Hunter’s home, where Kyra has been living as a helper.

The Convent Call A Carefully Timed Contact Sister Mary Rose calls Marsha Hunter’s home, where Kyra has been living as a helper. The call lasts six minutes, long enough to establish contact without immediately revealing the full plan. Protection and Secrecy Emma Lemay has learned of Kyra’s search and wants to help her reach Olivia safely. She asks Kyra not to disclose what she knows yet, believing silence will protect the family from those hunting Olivia.

A Place Beside Her Mother A Place Beside Her Mother from "The Innocent". A Place Beside Her Mother The Revelation at Marsha’s House Kyra tells Matt and Olivia that she is their daughter and explains how she came to live with Marsha.

A Place Beside Her Mother from "The Innocent". A Place Beside Her Mother The Revelation at Marsha’s House Kyra tells Matt and Olivia that she is their daughter and explains how she came to live with Marsha.

A Place Beside Her Mother The Revelation at Marsha’s House Kyra tells Matt and Olivia that she is their daughter and explains how she came to live with Marsha. She had been trying to get close to Olivia without putting her in danger. Recognition and Welcome Olivia cautiously asks whether Kyra is happy and well. Kyra reassures her, and the two begin an emotional reunion that gives Olivia a chance to meet the daughter she had feared she would never find.

A Shared Future A Shared Future from "The Innocent". A Shared Future Life in the Hunter Home Kyra lives with Matt and Olivia while attending college.

A Shared Future Life in the Hunter Home Kyra lives with Matt and Olivia while attending college. Her place in the household is not a simple replacement for lost years, but a relationship built through presence and time. A Family Reassembled Olivia plants a garden with Kyra while baby Benjamin rests nearby. The ending gives Kyra a future that includes her birth mother without erasing the family and life she already had.

Two years before Kyra visits Kimmy

Two months before the main events

June 2, at 8 P.M.

Near the ending, after Matt and Olivia return from Reno

One year after the central events