Chapter 2: The Truth Behind Their Lies
For three days, Emma said nothing.
Daniel called constantly.
Hundreds of messages filled her phone.
“Emma, please let me explain.”
“It wasn’t planned.”
“You don’t understand.”
But Emma ignored every message.
Because she already understood enough.
Or at least she thought she did.
Then something strange happened.
Claire showed up at Emma’s house.
She looked exhausted.
Her eyes were swollen from crying.
“I know you hate me,” Claire whispered.
Emma stared at her.
“I don’t hate you.”
Claire looked surprised.
“I just don’t know who you are anymore.”
Those words broke Claire.
Then she revealed something Emma never expected.
“Daniel and I weren’t together because we loved each other.”
Emma frowned.
“What does that mean?”
Claire looked down.
“He came to me because he was afraid you would discover the truth.”
Emma’s heart stopped.
“What truth?”
Claire slowly pulled out an old envelope.
Inside were documents.
Bank records.
Messages.
And a photograph.
A photograph showing Daniel meeting with someone secretly months before.
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Someone Emma knew.
Her own mother.
