Chapter 2: The Folder
Part 2 ⬇️
Ethan opened the folder slowly.
Inside were printed emails, timestamped call logs, and a single photograph.
Grant took the photograph first.
It showed Vivian sitting across a restaurant table from a man in a white lab coat.
The date stamp in the corner read three days before Grant had received the paternity report.
"That's Dr.
Harlan Voss," Ethan said.
"The laboratory director who signed your results."
Grant's jaw tightened.
"She paid him."
Ethan nodded.
"Fifty thousand dollars.
Wire transfer.
The account records are behind the photo."
The room had stopped breathing.
Vivian straightened.
"This is fabricated."
"Then explain the calls." Ethan turned to the next page.
"Eleven calls between your personal number and Dr.
Voss in the two weeks before Elena's test was processed."
Vivian said nothing.
Grant turned to Celeste.
"Did you know about the payment?"
Celeste's hands were shaking.
"She told me it was handled.
I didn't ask how."
"You didn't ask."
"Grant, I was scared of losing you—"
"So you let me lose my daughter instead."
Celeste flinched as if he had sl@pped her.
Daniel stepped forward and put his hand on Grant's shoulder.
Lily made a soft sound against Elena's chest.
Grant looked at her.
Then he looked at Vivian.
"There's more in that folder, isn't there."
Ethan's expression didn't change.
"Yes," he said quietly.
"And it goes back further than the test."
Vivian's eyes moved toward the exit.
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What Ethan revealed next made Grant's entire world collapse.
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