Chapter 6 - The Screens Come Alive
The distinguished doctor walked slowly toward the altar, his face grim with the heavy burden of the secret he had kept for years.
He looked directly at Richard and publicly confessed that he had accepted a massive, illegal bribe to falsify my medical records five years ago.
The doctor admitted to the entire stunned crowd that Richard was the one who was completely sterile, and his fragile ego had demanded that I take the blame.
The elite guests gasped in sheer horror, their judgmental whispers now entirely focused on the pathetic, lying man standing in the ruined white tuxedo.
Richard's face flushed a deep, furious red as he desperately tried to deny the allegations, screaming that the doctor had been paid off by my billionaire husband.
I stood up next to Alexander, feeling an immense, overwhelming sense of liberation as the heavy chains of Richard's lies finally shattered into a million pieces.
I looked Richard dead in the eyes and asked him how he could possibly explain Vanessa's highly publicized, miraculous pregnancy if he was permanently sterile.
Richard stammered, frantically looking around the hostile room for any shred of support from his wealthy, judgmental friends.
He loudly declared that he had willingly agreed to use an anonymous donor because he loved Vanessa too much to deny her the gift of motherhood.
He tried to play the role of the selfless, tragic hero, claiming he was making the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of his new family.
But as the words left his mouth, Alexander pressed another button on a small remote control hidden in his hand.
The massive projector screens behind the altar transitioned smoothly from the medical records to a brand new, highly complex DNA paternity report.
The genetic markers clearly showed a ninety-nine point nine percent match between the unborn child and a specific member of the Hale family.
The name highlighted in bright, undeniable yellow across the bottom of the fifty-foot screen was David Hale.
The entire ballroom went completely, suffocatingly silent as thousands of eyes slowly turned to look at the sweating, terrified best man.
Richard stared at the massive screen, his brain desperately trying to process the absolute, devastating reality of his brother's ultimate betrayal.
He slowly turned his head toward David, his fists clenching so tightly that his knuckles turned a ghostly, bone-white color.
David took a frantic step backward, raising his hands in a desperate plea for mercy as he realized his dark secret was entirely exposed.
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He screamed that he had to do it because the family desperately needed a true, biological blood heir to secure their corporate trust funds.
Richard let out a primal, agonizing roar of pure rage and lunged violently across the altar, tackling his own brother directly into the massive floral arrangements.
