Chapter 3 - Evelyn Reynolds Altered The Medical Report
Evelyn denied it.
Then Mara produced metadata.
The false prenatal report had been created from a scan stored on a computer assigned to the Reynolds Family Foundation office.
Evelyn chaired the foundation.
But she was not the only person with access.
Daniel’s father, retired Lieutenant General William Reynolds, stepped forward.
“What exactly are you alleging?”
Mara remained careful.
“We’re establishing facts.”
Eight years earlier, I had been hospitalized after severe pregnancy complications.
Daniel was preparing for an overseas command selection.
We were already fighting.
He believed I was using the pregnancy to stop him from leaving.
I believed he cared more about his career than our family.
Then Daniel received a packet.
A supposed clinic report.
An email appearing to come from my former obstetric practice.
And a statement claiming I had fabricated the pregnancy.
He confronted me.
I was furious.
I refused to beg him to believe what I knew was true.
The marriage collapsed.
But I had always wondered why he never checked.
Daniel looked at me now.
“I called the clinic.”
I frowned.
“What did they say?”
“A woman confirmed the report.”
Mara answered.
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“That call did not go to the clinic.”
The number in Daniel’s old phone records belonged to a forwarding service purchased by the Reynolds Family Foundation.
