Chapter 3 - THE BOY WHO WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO EXISTJulian took Sarah and Leo to a private room.
He closed the door.
Sarah sat down.
Her hands were shaking.
“I don't understand.”
Julian placed a folder on the table.
“This contains everything I know.”
Sarah opened it.
Inside were photographs.
Letters.
Police reports.
Medical records.
And one birth certificate.
Sarah's birth certificate.
Her mother's name was Emily Vance.
Sarah stared at it.
“Why did my mother change her name?”
“Because she was running.”
“From Victoria?”
Julian nodded.
Sarah looked at Leo.
“And his father?”
Julian hesitated.
“His father was Daniel Sterling.”
Sarah froze.
Victoria's husband.
The billionaire whose party she had been cleaning.
“The man who owns Sterling Industries?”
“Yes.”
Sarah stood.
“No.”
Julian nodded.
“Daniel never knew you were pregnant.”
Sarah's eyes filled with tears.
“How?”
“Victoria made sure he didn't.”
Sarah remembered.
Eight years earlier.
She had worked briefly at the Sterling estate.
Daniel had treated her kindly.
They had fallen in love.
But Victoria discovered their relationship.
She threatened Sarah.
Then she fired her.
A week later, Sarah learned she was pregnant.
She tried to contact Daniel.
Her calls never reached him.
Her letters came back.
Victoria had intercepted everything.
Sarah looked at Julian.
“So Leo…”
“Is Daniel's son.”
Sarah covered her mouth.
Leo was playing quietly with a small toy car.
He had no idea his entire life had just changed.
Julian looked at him.
“The resemblance is obvious.”
Sarah whispered,
“Why would Victoria do this?”
“Because Daniel's marriage was part of a business alliance.”
Sarah shook her head.
“She couldn't love him enough to do that.”
Julian smiled sadly.
“People don't always destroy others because they hate them.”
“Sometimes they do it because they're afraid.”
Sarah looked at the documents.
“What happens now?”
Julian's expression hardened.
“Now Victoria answers for what she did.”
But Victoria wasn't sitting quietly.
She had already called Daniel.
He arrived at the mansion within twenty minutes.
“Where is my wife?”
Julian stepped forward.
“She's upstairs.”
Daniel looked at Sarah.
Then at Leo.
He stopped.
His face changed.
“Who is that child?”
Sarah didn't answer.
Julian did.
“Your son.”
Daniel laughed nervously.
“No.”
Sarah looked at him.
“Yes.”
Daniel stared at Leo.
Leo looked back.
The boy's eyes were exactly like his.
Daniel walked closer.
“What's your name?”
Leo whispered,
“Leo.”
Daniel crouched.
“Leo what?”
“Leo Miller.”
Daniel's voice cracked.
“Who is your mother?”
Leo pointed.
“Mommy.”
Daniel looked at Sarah.
Then he saw the birthmark on Leo's neck.
He remembered it.
Sarah had told him once about the family birthmark.
His father had it.
Daniel had it.
Now Leo had it.
Daniel stood.
“Victoria.”
His voice was deadly calm.
“She lied to me.”
Sarah nodded.
“For years.”
Daniel looked toward the staircase.
“I want her.”
Julian stopped him.
“You'll get your answers.”
Daniel turned.
“What did she do?”
Julian said,
“She separated you from your son.”
Daniel's eyes filled with tears.
“And from Sarah.”
“Yes.”
Daniel looked at Leo again.
“I missed everything.”
Sarah didn't comfort him.
“You did.”
Daniel nodded.
“I know.”
Then Leo walked toward him.
He held out his toy car.
“Do you want to play?”
Daniel stared at the little car.
Then his face crumbled.
“Yes.”
He sat on the floor.
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And for the first time, a billionaire father met the son he had never known.
But upstairs, Victoria was preparing to destroy every piece of evidence.
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