تسجيل الدخولJanice’s POVIt felt like a dream hearing that.“Mom”It lands.Heavy.Final.I cannot move.My mind tries to reject it before my body even responds.This is not possible.This is not real.This is not how i expected the truth to arrive.Lucas looks between Janice and the child.He was completely frozen.Dr. Evelyn stands calmly, as though she has been waiting for this exact reaction.The boy takes a small step forward.Then stops.He doesn’t look afraid.Neither is he curious.I whispers, barely audible:“…No.”The child tilts his head slightly.“Are you my mom?”That question breaks the last layer of control I have been holding.I slowly bent down.Knelt before him.I needed to see him properly.My hands tremble as i look at him.The face.The eyes.Something familiar.Lucas steps closer behind me.“Janice… we need to be careful.”But i do not hear him fully.My attention is locked on the child.“Say it again,” she whispers softly.The child repeats softly:“Are you my mom?”My v
Janice’s POVThere was silence after the doors slam shut.I stood still for one second.Then another.Lucas moves immediately, checking the exit.Finding a way of excale for us.“It’s electronically locked,” he says sharply.“No manual override from inside.”I do not panic.I slowly turns toward the file cabinet.I muttered softly.“Whatever is happening outside the room… ““doesn’t matter as much as what is inside it.”“The truth is here.”Lucas observes me. He notices my focus.“Janice, we are not alone.”We are already hearing Footsteps echo in the hallway outside.Slow.Controlled.Deliberate.Whoever is coming is not rushing.That alone is more frightening than noise.The intercom crackles again.Catching our attention. A voice speaks calmly:“You should have left when you had the chance.”Lucas steps slightly in front of me overprotective.“Who are you?” he calls out.No answer.Only silence.Then:A soft metallic sound from the corridor.Like keys.Or tools.I whisper:“The
Janice’s POVI replayed the video again.Once.Twice.A third time.Each replay feels heavier than the last.The sound of the baby crying is real.Not staged.But Real.Lucas heard the sound of me repeatedly watching the video.Lucas stands beside me, silent.Because even he can feel it now — this is not manipulation.This is evidence.I slowly whispers:“That was my child…”My voice cracks slightly, but i forces control back into it.Lucas asks carefully:“Do you recognize the nurse?”I pauses.My eyes narrows.“Yes.”Lucas looks at her.I continues:“She used to work at the Smith family hospital branch.”A heavy silence follows.Because now the connection is undeniable.For the first time since my revenge began, I was not thinking about money.Not about companies.Not about Nelson.My entire focus has changed.Lucas notices it immediately.“You’re not thinking like a business strategist anymore.”I replies: shaking my head sideways.“No.”“This is not business.”I stood up.And f
Janice’s POVThe photo still in my trembling hands.For several seconds.I could not move.I have faced betrayal.I have faced losing my marriage.I have faced watching the empire i helped build collapse.But nothing prepared me for this.Because this photograph is from the day that changed her forever.The day i was told i lost my child.Lucas notices the change in my expression.He slowly asks:“Janice… what is this?”I do not answer immediately.My eyes remain fixed on the picture.The hospital room.The gown she wore.The exhaustion on my face.The moment I became a mother.And then the memory that still haunts me.The doctors telling me:“Your baby didn’t survive.”Janice’s fingers tighten around the photograph.I finanlly broke silence.“I was told my child was dead.”Lucas becomes silent.Because he understands the weight of those words.I was already betrayed by the man I loved.Now someone is suggesting the one loss she never recovered from was also a lie.Lucas asks:“W
Janice’s POVThe room felt silent.I held my phone but don’t want to answer immediately. For the first time, Nelson doesn’t sound demanding.Neither threatening me.He sounds like a man who finally understands that he lost something precious.But then I remembered the hospital.The thought of me standing there ready to give him the kidney that would save his life while he planned a future without her.My heart wants to believe that people can change.But then my mind reminds me that some wounds cannot disappear because someone regrets causing them.I finanlly summon courage.I replied;“Nelson, being the father of my child does not erase what happened.”Silence.Nelson hesitated.I continued.“You are asking for a place in a life you once planned to destroy.”Nelson quietly says:“I know.”His answer took me aback.Nelson I know would have argued.Now he is accepting the blame.Regardless i didnt let it softens me.I told him finanlly;“I will never stop you from being a father if yo
Janice steps into the Lancaster signing with a different kind of presence than before.This is no longer a test of whether she belongs in the room. It is a confirmation that she already does.The acquisition process is formal, slow, and heavily documented, but she approaches it with complete focus.Every page matters, every clause matters, and every detail is treated like something that could later be used against her if ignored.The legal team presents the final contract, expecting a standard review before approval.Danvers appears confident at first, believing the deal is already secured and that nothing unusual will come up at this stage.But Janice reads differently. She moves line by line without rushing, noticing patterns in phrasing that suggest hidden advantage points embedded in the structure of the agreement.Her attention slows at one specific section that appears harmless on the surface but carries long-term financial and operational implications.She identifies a clause t
Dian is alone in New York, sitting in a quiet apartment that feels heavier than usual. While drinking her whiskey, nothing around her has changed, but she feels different.She keeps looking at the money Tricia gave her, but she hasn’t touched it.It feels less like payment and more like proof of w
“Uhmmm, California smells like fresh-baked bread,” Janice said while alighting from the plane and breathing in the air. Lucas laughed really hard. “Oh, come on, Janice, you are silly.” “Yeah,” Janice exhaled. “We are far from everything chasing us,” Janice said while smiling.“Ohh yes, dearest,
Nelson arrives at the Smith's enterprise after being denied access to his estate. When he got inside, Leonard met him with a controlled seriousness that immediately signaled the situation was worse than expected. “What's happening here? ” Nelson demanded! Leonard explains, “Shortly after your su
Dian entered the living room and immediately brushed the smile off her face so Janice wouldn’t suspect her. As she walked up to Janice, she noticed pieces of papers, not just any papers. It was Janice’s traveling documents.Dian became shocked. She ran out of the house to try and catch up to Tricia







