Chapter 10 - The Unseen Thread
Norah walked through the brightly lit house, enjoying the warmth of the sun streaming through the windows.
She opened the front door, expecting to see a delivery driver.
Instead, a well-dressed man holding a leather briefcase stood on the porch.
“Norah Caldwell?” he asked politely.
“Yes, can I help you?” she replied.
“I am an attorney representing Madison Hayes,” the man said.
Norah’s peaceful demeanor instantly evaporated, replaced by a cold, protective instinct.
“I have nothing to say to her, and she has no business with me,” Norah stated, moving to close the door.
The attorney quickly raised a hand.
“Please, Mrs. Caldwell, this is not about your ex-husband.”
“My client is currently serving a brief sentence for corporate espionage, but she asked me to deliver this directly to you.”
He handed Norah a small, sealed white envelope.
“What is this?” Norah demanded.
“It is a piece of information she felt you deserved to have, given how Ethan deceived you both,” the lawyer said cryptically.
He turned and walked back to his car, leaving Norah standing alone on the porch.
Norah stared at the envelope, her heart beating a little faster.
She considered throwing it directly into the trash.
Madison had already caused enough destruction.
But curiosity, dark and persistent, forced her fingers to tear open the flap.
Inside was a single sheet of paper from a certified medical laboratory.
It was a DNA paternity test, dated exactly two weeks ago.
Norah read the names at the top.
Subject A: Ethan Caldwell.
Subject B: Leo Caldwell.
Norah’s breath caught in her throat as she scanned down to the bold, red text at the bottom of the page.
Probability of Paternity: 0.00%.
Norah stared at the impossibly cruel words, the paper trembling in her hands.
If Ethan was not Leo’s biological father, there was only one terrifying explanation for the night she got pregnant.
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The man who had slipped into her bed that dark, drunken evening after their anniversary party had not been her husband.
And whoever he was, he was still out there.
