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CHAPTER TEN
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2026-10-03 09:16:10
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CONFESSION WITH MY STEP DAD CHAPTER SIXTEEN
"Someone in this room."The man's words seemed to freeze the air around us.I looked at everyone.Nick.Andrew.Clara.Lily.Then back at the stranger.Someone among us had betrayed my mother.But who?My heart pounded so hard that I could hear it."You're lying," Nick said.The man smiled."Am I?""Who are you?""Someone who knew Eleanor before any of you understood what she had discovered."Nick took a step forward."Show your face."The man moved closer to the light.He looked to be in his late fifties. His hair was mostly gray, and there was a scar running from the side of his forehead toward his cheek.I had never seen him before.But something about his eyes felt familiar.Not because I remembered him.Because I had seen those eyes somewhere else.In a photograph.I looked at the file in my hand.Then at him."You were in the photograph."His smile disappeared."What photograph?""The one with my mother."He said nothing.I turned to Nick."You know him."Nick's face remained ha
CONFESSION WITH MY STEP DAD CHAPTER FIFTEEN
The old train station.Those three words had followed my family for years.Now they were waiting for us.I stared at the message on my mother's phone.MIDNIGHT. THE OLD TRAIN STATION.My fingers were cold.Lily stood beside me, staring at the screen.Nick was already moving toward the storage unit door."We leave now."Andrew grabbed his arm."Wait."Nick turned."What?""We can't just walk into a trap.""My daughter is being held somewhere.""And mine too," Andrew said.Nick went silent.I looked at both of them.For the first time, I realized how strange the night had become.Nick had spent years protecting me without telling me why.Andrew had kept secrets because he had promised my mother.Lily had spent most of her life hidden from the people who were looking for her.And my mother had apparently been alive all this time, watching from somewhere I couldn't reach.Now all of us were heading to the same place.The place where everything had started."We're going," I said.Andrew lo
CONFESSION WITH MY STEP DAD CHAPTER FOURTEEN
"You're my sister."The words echoed through the dark hallway.I couldn't move.I couldn't even breathe.I stared at the woman standing several feet away from me.Her face was older than the little girl's face in the photograph, of course.But the eyes were the same.The shape of her smile.The small mark just beneath her left eyebrow.Even the way she tilted her head when she looked at me.I had seen those things before.In a photograph.In a memory I had spent years believing was nothing more than a dream."Lily?" I whispered.The woman nodded.Tears rolled down her cheeks."Yes."My hands began to shake.I looked at Andrew.Then Nick.Neither of them looked surprised."You knew she was here?"Nick shook his head."No.""Don't lie to me.""I'm not."Lily stepped forward."He's telling the truth."I looked at her."How do you know?""Because I didn't tell him."Her voice was soft.Almost too soft for everything that had just happened.I took another step toward her."You are really L
CONFESSION WITH MY STEP DAD CHAPTER THIRTEEN
"Because the name on her birth certificate isn't Melody Ashford."Andrew's words hung in the room.Nobody moved.Nobody spoke.Even the sound of the car disappearing down the street seemed to fade into the background.I stared at Andrew."What did you just say?"He swallowed."Your real name isn't Melody Ashford."I shook my head slowly."No.""Melody—""No."I stepped backward."I've been called Melody my entire life.""I know.""My school records say Melody Ashford.""I know.""My passport, my medical records, everything I've ever had says Melody Ashford.""I know.""Then how can you stand there and tell me that's not my name?"Andrew looked at Nick."Tell her."Nick didn't answer.I turned toward him."Tell me he's lying."Nick looked at me, but I could see the answer in his face before he spoke."He isn't."My chest tightened.I felt as though the floor beneath me had disappeared."Then what is my name?"Nick opened his mouth.Nothing came out."Tell me!""Your birth name was Elea
CONFESSION WITH MY STEP DAD CHAPTER TWELVE
For a moment, nobody spoke.I stared at Nick, waiting for him to take back his words. I waited for him to shake his head, laugh nervously, and tell me that this was some terrible misunderstanding.But he did none of those things.He stood in front of me with his shoulders tense and his eyes filled with something I had never seen in him before.Fear.Not the kind of fear a person felt when they were about to lose an argument. This was different. It was the fear of someone who had carried a secret for so long that the truth had finally become more frightening than the lie."I'm your father," he repeated quietly.I took a step backward."No.""Melody—""No!" My voice cracked. "Don't say my name like that. Don't stand there and tell me you're my father as if you've just told me the weather!"Clara remained beside the doorway, watching us. She didn't look surprised. That frightened me almost as much as Nick's confession."You knew?" I asked her.She lifted her chin slightly."I suspected."
CONFESSION WITH MY STEP DAD CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Voice on the PhoneThe front door opened slowly.I couldn't move.Neither could Andrew.Nick stood between us and the staircase, staring toward the hallway.The house was completely silent.Then came the sound of footsteps.One.Two.Three.Someone was walking through the living room.My heart hammered against my chest.“Who is that?” I whispered.Nick raised one finger to his lips.“Stay here.”He started toward the stairs.Andrew grabbed his arm.“Don't.”Nick looked at him.“What?”“You don't know who it is.”“I can't leave someone downstairs.”Andrew's eyes narrowed.“Then we're going together.”I looked at both of them.“No.”They turned toward me.“If someone came into this house, I'm not staying here alone.”Nick shook his head.“Melody, this isn't a game.”“I know.”My voice trembled.“But I'm tired of being kept in the dark.”For a moment, nobody moved.Then another sound came from downstairs.A drawer opening.Nick's face tightened.“Stay behind me.”We slowly walked dow
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