Chapter 3 - The Family Secret
Rachel drove straight to the sprawling estate belonging to Grant's mother, Eleanor.
She knew Eleanor hosted her weekly charity luncheon on Tuesdays, meaning the house would be completely empty.
Rachel still had her emergency key to the back door, and she used it without hesitation.
She slipped quietly into the dark, incredibly silent living room.
The silver framed photograph was sitting exactly where she remembered it on the antique mantle.
It showed a young Eleanor smiling intimately beside Dr. Adrian Vale at a medical gala decades ago.
Rachel quickly pulled out her phone and took several high-resolution photos of the picture.
She needed concrete proof of the connection between her nightmare and Grant's family.
"I thought I demanded you leave my keys on the counter last night," a cold voice said from the shadows.
Rachel gasped and spun around, dropping her purse onto the hardwood floor.
Grant was standing in the doorway, looking disheveled and deeply hungover.
"I just came to collect a few things Maddie left behind," Rachel lied smoothly.
Grant sneered and stepped fully into the room, kicking her purse away.
"You absolutely humiliated me in front of the entire city," he growled.
He grabbed her arm aggressively, his fingers digging painfully into her skin.
Rachel did not flinch, but instead shoved her cell phone screen directly into his face.
"Why is the founder of my fertility clinic posing intimately with your mother?" she demanded.
Grant blinked in confusion and let go of her arm to look closely at the glowing screen.
All the angry color instantly drained from his face as he stared at Dr. Vale's face.
His hands began to shake violently.
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"That is not just a random doctor, Rachel," Grant whispered in absolute horror.
"That man is my biological father."
