Chapter 6 - Victoria's Final Betrayal
Victoria knew I was reconnecting with the boys.
She became desperate.
She hired lawyers.
She threatened me.
Then she attacked Evelyn publicly.
She accused her of manipulating the boys.
The accusations were false.
But they spread quickly.
I immediately called my attorney.
“Stop her.”
“We're working on it.”
Then Preston came to my office.
He looked terrified.
“Dad.”
“What happened?”
“Mom found out I was talking to you.”
“What did she say?”
“She said if I don't support her, she'll destroy me.”
I stood.
“Where is she?”
“At home.”
I drove there.
Victoria was waiting.
“You're ruining everything.”
“No.”
“You're choosing them over us.”
“They are my children.”
“And Preston?”
I looked at the boy standing behind her.
“He deserves the truth too.”
Victoria's face changed.
“What truth?”
I stared at her.
“Who is his biological father?”
She froze.
Preston looked between us.
“Mom?”
Silence.
“Mom?”
Victoria began crying.
“It doesn't matter.”
“It matters to me.”
I stepped closer.
“Tell him.”
She shook her head.
“No.”
Then Preston whispered:
“Dad…”
I looked at him.
“I need to know.”
Victoria collapsed into a chair.
She finally confessed.
Preston's biological father was alive.
He had left years ago.
Victoria had lied because she wanted me to support them financially.
Preston stared at the floor.
“Did you know?”
“No.”
“Would you still have loved me?”
“Yes.”
He looked at me.
“Even if I'm not yours?”
I stepped toward him.
“I never loved you because of your blood.”
His eyes filled with tears.
“You mean that?”
“Yes.”
Victoria shouted:
“You can't take him from me!”
I turned.
“No one is taking him.”
I looked at Preston.
“He gets to decide who he wants in his life.”
Then I walked out.
Victoria had spent years believing blood determined everything.
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She was wrong.
I had learned that the hard way.
