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The First Truth to Alex 2

Author: Rejoice Ezeh
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-10-11 22:04:41

Emma's POV

"You can ask me anything," Jake replied.

"Where have you been living?"

"Here in Portugal. I moved here about six months ago for work."

"So you've been close this whole time?"

Jake nodded. "I have. I didn't know you were here, though. I didn't know about you until I met you at the school."

"When you coached the hockey thing?"

"Yes. When I saw you, I thought... I thought you looked familiar. And then when I found out your mom's name was Emma Reed, I started to wonder if maybe..."

"If maybe I was yours," Alex finished.

"Exactly."

Alex processed this for a moment. Then he asked the question I had been dreading.

"Will you live with us now?"

Jake and I looked at each other. The question hung heavy in the air.

We hadn't talked about that. We hadn't talked about anything beyond the initial custody discussion. We certainly hadn't talked about living arrangements.

"That's something your mom and I need to figure out," Jake said carefully. "Right now, we're trying to understand what's
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