Chapter 2 - Investigators Carry An Eight-Year File
Noah’s question hung in the room.
“Are you really my daddy?”
Daniel stared at him.
Before he could answer, the two investigators stepped forward.
The senior officer introduced herself as Special Agent Mara Ellis.
“Colonel Reynolds, we need to speak with you regarding records from your 2018 divorce and overseas reassignment.”
Daniel’s mother, Evelyn, whispered:
“Today?”
Mara looked around the room.
“We didn’t choose the gathering.”
Neither had I.
My arrival by department helicopter had been authorized as part of official Texas DPS travel continuing to Colorado for an interagency meeting. I had arranged the family stop within policy and paid the personal portion myself.
I was not interested in turning public equipment into a revenge entrance.
The children had simply traveled with me under approved arrangements.
Mara handed Daniel a document.
His expression changed.
It was a copy of the prenatal report he had shown during our divorce.
The report claimed no viable pregnancy had been confirmed.
I had never seen that version.
My actual ultrasound showed four fetal heartbeats.
Daniel looked at me.
“That’s what they gave me.”
“Who?”
He turned toward his mother.
Evelyn’s wineglass was already shattered outside.
Now her face seemed to do the same thing.
May you like
Daniel whispered:
“Mom?”
