Chapter 8 - The Mysterious Legal Documents Found In The Safe
Daniel sat heavily in his leather desk chair, staring at the adoption decree as the room seemed to spin around him.
The documents detailed a multi-million-dollar inheritance trust established in Boston under Lily’s true biological family name.
If the courts discovered the deception, child protective services would step in, and Lily would be handed over to strangers.
Martha knocked softly on the open study door, pushing it open just an inch to check on her shaken neighbor.
“Are you alright, Daniel? I saw the police cruiser drive away with Victoria,” Martha asked gently from the hallway.
Daniel looked up, his eyes bloodshot and filled with a profound, overwhelming grief that words could not express.
“Lily isn't my real daughter, Martha... Sarah hid the truth from me the entire time we were married,” Daniel whispered brokenly.
Martha stepped into the room, closing the door quietly behind her before pulling up a chair beside his desk.
“Sarah loved that little girl with all her heart, Daniel, and so did you from the very first moment she brought her home,” Martha said.
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“Paperwork and bloodlines don't make a father, Daniel... you are the only daddy that little girl has ever known,” she added firmly.
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