Chapter 5
Ryan stared at the two disabled boys, eyes twitching with disbelief.
I smiled, “Jacob. Jonah. That’s your dad and mom. Go say hi.”
Jonah grinned stupidly and lunged at Vivian.
“Mom! Hahaha! Mom!”
He wrapped his arms around her, drooling and sobbing
Vivian screamed and shoved him away.
“Get off me! You’re disgusting!”
Jonah st
cob caught him.
with icy eyes,
ebrow, “What? Didn’t get into Harvard, so now they’re not your kids?”
lenched her jaw.
hey’re mine. I’ll take care of them.”
She had no choice-not in front of all these people.
She glared at me.
“What did you do to them? Why a
I shrugged. “Maybe it w
“I had my
Did you abuse them?”
yan’s. Congenital conditions, both of them.”
doned yours. So yes-I sent them to a state orphanage.”
d nothing. Her face was red with rage and shame.
meback.
mg the two boys with them.
nded in silence.
parents sobbed.
couldn’t believe the Harvard-bound sons weren’t biologically theirs.
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But I’d known this day was coming.
A week earlier, I had overheard them whispering outside their home.
“Let’s use the birthday party to reveal everything. Pressure Vanessa… Reclaim the boys… Reunite the family.”
So I played along.
I brought in Jacob and Jonah, just like they wanted.
Let them have their family reunion.
Let them choke on it.
And as for me?
I sold the apartment.
Bought a new house..-Right across from Vivian.
I learned about it by chance-killing time with neighborhood chatter.
Turned out Vivian and Vincent Winter had been living right here for eighteen years, the block’s very
own “perfect couple,” until their fairy-tale romance curdled into pure poison.
Our walls were thin.
And every night, I listened to the screaming.
“This is all your fault, Ryan! If it weren’t for your stupid plan, we wouldn’t be here!”
“You gave birth to two freaks! How are we supposed to live like this?!”
“It’s your damn genes! Don’t blame me!”
“If it’s my genes, then why the hell are Liam and Ben perfectly healthy?!”
“Those two freaks! I can’t believe they’re my sons! *ck!”
And then came the sound of crashing dishes, breaking glass.
A full-blown domestic war.
And I?
I sat across the hall, drinking tea, smiling.
Chapter 5
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