Evangeline Bassett

Evangeline Bassett is Wooton Bassett's mother and the organizer of a prestigious charity art auction. Her relationship with Wooton's wife, Penny, has been distant enough that the two women have never spoken, even after Evangeline missed their wedding. When Penny's paintings enter the auction, Evangeline offers unexpected kindness but asks her to hide her identity from Winston Bassett. She fears her husband will withdraw a valuable ministry grant if he learns Penny is the artist. Evangeline's attempt to control the situation traps everyone in a painful deception. Beneath her guarded behavior lies grief and concern for her strained marriage. She is capable of admitting fault when Penny's honesty forces the family secret into the open.