Chapter 3 - The Dark Truth Behind The Missing Mail Delivery
“For five years, I tried to send letters to your office, your apartment, and your parents' home in Boston,” Mara’s letter continued. “Every single one was returned to me marked undeliverable, or worse, intercepted before you ever knew I existed.”
Caleb stopped reading, his breath catching in his throat as his mind raced back through the years. He remembered the sudden silence after Mara left town, the way his family had assured him she simply wanted a fresh start away from his corporate ambitions.
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“They told me you didn't want the baby, Caleb; they told me you threatened to destroy me if I ever came near your family name again,” the letter stated. “I hid in safe houses, changing my name and moving from town to town, terrified that your family's lawyers would take my little girl away.”
A tear rolled down Caleb's cheek, hot and sharp, as he realized the magnitude of the lie he had lived under for half a decade.
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