“I knew Daniel still had embryos stored here…”
The instant the words escaped her mouth…
She realized what she’d admitted.
Emma felt the room tilt beneath her.
She had always suspected Daniel hadn’t acted alone.
He was selfish.
Cowardly.
Weak.
But Margaret…
Margaret had always been the strategist.
The woman who once said a grieving wife was “too broken to raise children.”
The woman who invited Rachel to family dinners before the divorce was even finalized.
Now the truth was beginning to reveal itself.
The clinic’s medical director, Dr. Nathan Reynolds, appeared in the hallway looking visibly shaken.
“Please come to my office.”
“We’ve frozen the medical file and notified our legal department.”
Margaret slowly stood.
“Emma…”
“Please listen.”
“That little girl is Daniel’s daughter.”
Emma never blinked.
“She’s mine too.”
Only then did Margaret finally understand.
This lie would not end with an apology.
