Slowly, she did.
“Is he mine?”
For a second, she said nothing.
Then her eyes filled with tears.
That was answer enough.
Kelvin drove away in silence, shaking.
Gabriel, he thought suddenly. He didn’t know how he knew the name—maybe from a school bag or something he had seen without noticing—but once it rose in his mind, it stayed there.
Gabriel.
His son.
He pulled over on the side of the road, gripped the steering wheel, lowered his head, and for the first time in years, Kelvin Alex let himself break.
Not for long.
Just one raw, unguarded moment.
Eight years. First words. First steps. First day of school. Fevers. Nightmares. Birthdays. Questions.
All missed.
All stolen.
But from him?
Or by someone else?
His phone buzzed.
A message from David: Found something. Can you meet today?
David’s office was above a printing shop. Small, discreet, exactly the kind of place where wealthy men went when they wanted ugly truths found quietly.
Kelvin sat across from him as David opened a brown folder.
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