were his legacy.
Robert believed you were his responsibility.
And you may grow up believing you were the reason our lives became complicated.
None of that is true.
I kept reading.
Then reached the sentence that changed everything.
Samuel is not your biological father.
I stopped.
Daniel whispered:
“What?”
Samuel went completely still.
I continued.
I let Samuel believe you were his because I was afraid of the truth.
Your biological father was a man named Jonathan Hale.
Daniel sat down hard.
Evelyn explained that Jonathan had been her childhood sweetheart.
They had separated when she moved to Chicago.
They reunited briefly.
She became pregnant.
Before she could tell him, Jonathan accepted a job overseas.
Then Samuel entered her life.
When she discovered how controlling Samuel could be, she falsely told him the child was his because she believed it would make him treat her more gently.
Instead, it made
