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Collecting Evidence

Auteur: Rejoice Ezeh
last update Dernière mise à jour: 2025-09-30 19:08:28
Jake's POV

I didn't go after Emma.

As much as I wanted to chase her down, drag her back to my office, and demand the truth, I knew it wouldn't work. Emma Reed—Emma Chen—was a runner. She had been running for eight years. If I cornered her now, she would just disappear again.

And this time, she would take Alex with her.

No. I needed proof first. Hard evidence that Alex was my son. Something she couldn't deny or run from.

I called Miguel back.

"Change of plans. I need you to dig deeper. I need Emma's hospital records from when Alex was born. I need medical records, birth certificates, anything that proves when he was born and who the father is."

"Jake, that's not exactly legal—"

"I don't care. I need to know if that kid is mine. And I need to know now."

Miguel sighed. "Okay. I have a contact at the hospital records office. It'll cost me, but I can get it. Give me twenty-four hours."

"You have twelve."

I hung up and started my own investigation.

I pulled up every photo of Alex
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