Chapter 5 - Four Birth Certificates Were Flagged
When the quadruplets were born, I listed Daniel as their father based on our marriage timeline and state procedures.
My attorney sent notice to his last known legal representative.
The notice was returned.
Later, attempts to establish support stalled because Daniel was overseas and his records contained conflicting marital and dependent information.
I had a career.
Insurance.
Family help.
I stopped chasing.
That was my choice.
Not necessarily my best one.
I did not need Daniel’s money.
The children still deserved accurate records.
Years later, a federal data review flagged the conflict.
Four Texas birth records named Daniel Reynolds.
His military personnel file showed a prior spouse but no children.
That alone was not criminal.
The problem was the supporting document used to close an earlier dependent-status inquiry.
The same false medical report appeared again.
Someone had submitted it after the children were already born.
Daniel stared at Mara.
“I didn’t submit anything.”
Mara replied:
“That is part of what we are investigating.”
The submission came from an account associated with his father’s former military aide.
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Colonel Peter Shaw.
William Reynolds went completely still.
