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Chapter 1: She Made Him Practice

**MY WIFE MADE MY SON CALL ANOTHER MAN "DAD"—THEN HE TOLD ME WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT TONIGHT**

I came home earlier than anyone expected.

The first thing I heard was my son crying.

He was standing beside the playpen while my wife kept telling him:

"Say it again."

Then:

"Say it correctly."

The moment he saw me, he screamed:

"DADDY!"

He ran straight into my arms.

My wife went pale.

Then Mason—the man she claimed was only her security consultant—stepped toward us and said:

"Give him to Sienna."

I told him no.

He reached for my son anyway.

That ended badly for him.

Then Sienna tried to take my son herself.

Once.

Then again.

When everything finally stopped, I looked at my little boy.

"What was she making you say?"

Sienna immediately tried to interrupt.

I ignored her.

My son glanced at Mason.

Then at my wife.

And whispered:

"She made me practice calling Mason 'Dad.'"

I couldn't move.

I asked why he would ever need to call another man his father.

My son tightened his arms around my neck.

Then said:

"She said you wouldn't be coming back after tonight."

That was when Mason stopped looking at me.

And Sienna stopped talking.

I looked at both of them.

"What happens tonight?"

Neither answered.

So I asked the question they clearly didn't want to hear:

"What did you two plan?"

And suddenly I knew this wasn't just about another man trying to replace me.

It was about why my wife was preparing my son for a life where I apparently wouldn't be coming home.

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What did Sienna and Mason plan for tonight — and does my son already know more than he's saying?

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