My heart sank.
He had lied to both of us.
The younger woman stepped forward. She had Thomas’s eyes.
“I’m Sofia,” she said softly. “He was my father.”
For a moment, the world felt like it was collapsing. Forty-two years of memories — anniversaries, dinners, ordinary Thursdays — suddenly looked different.
But three days later, I sat down with my sons and told them everything.
And then I made a decision.
I reopened the estate.
I refused to protect Thomas’s lies. But I also refused to punish an innocent daughter for them.
So I divided the inheritance into three equal parts.
My two sons.
And Sofia.
Weeks later, we stood together at Thomas’s grave — all three of his children.
I had spent half my life loving him.
He had been my entire world.
But in the end, the truth didn’t make me smaller.
It made me stronger.
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