LOGINAudrey's POVI didn't remember leaving the dining room. One moment I was sitting there staring at John and Elena.The next, I was standing on a balcony overlooking the city lightsCold air moved against my skin and I welcomed it. I would welcome anything that helped me think, anything that helped me breathe.The doors behind me slid open. I didn't need to turn around to know who it was.It was Logan. His footsteps were quiet and careful like he thought I might shatter if he moved too quickly.For once, I almost appreciated it. Neither of us spoke. The silence stayed between us. Comfortable wasn't the right word, necessary was. Eventually, he stopped beside me.The city stood below us. There were millions of lights, millions of lives and somehow mine felt less certain than ever."Are you angry?" he asked quietly.I laughed. Not because it was funny, because I honestly didn't know."I don't know what I am,” I muttered.My voice sounded tired, even to me. Logan just nodded. He didn't try
Audrey's POVThe world stopped. I stared at John, then at Elena, then at Logan. Nobody moved, nobody spoke.The words continued echoing inside my head. “We believe you're our daughter.”It was ridiculous. It felt impossible and insane. And yet… Nobody in this room looked like they were joking.Elena was crying. John looked like a man standing on the edge of a cliff.Logan looked worried, worried about me. I couldn't breathe.A nervous laugh escaped me, then another. Soon I was shaking my head."No,” I muttered and nobody interrupted."No,” I muttered again.I laughed again. The sound cracked halfway through."This is crazy,” I said and still nobody spoke."Tell them,” I said, as I looked at Logan."Audrey—" he called, as his jaw tightened."Tell them,” I said again.The room blurred slightly and my pulse thundered in my ears."Tell them this is some misunderstanding,” I said.Logan looked away and somehow that hurt more than anything else, because Logan never looked away.Not when thi
Audrey's POVThe words stared back at me.“DNA Analysis Report.”For a few seconds, I simply looked at the file. Nobody spoke, neither did anybody move.The entire dining room felt frozen. I slowly looked up from the folder and found everyone watching me.John, Elena, and Logan were only staring at me like I was the only person in the room. That made my stomach twist."What is this?" I asked.Even to my own ears, my voice sounded strange. My voice sounded too quiet and even too careful."It contains the results of a DNA test,” John said, as he folded his hands together on the table.I stared at him and my heart immediately began to pound."A DNA test?" I asked.He nodded and I looked at Logan. His expression tightened and that was enough to make my pulse jump."You knew about this?" I asked, looking already disappointed in him."Not at first,” Logan said, as he rubbed the back of his neck.Not at first. The answer irritated me immediately."That's not what I asked,” I said and his jaw
Audrey’s POVThe entire day felt strange. No matter how hard I tried to focus on work, my thoughts kept circling back to the same thing.It kept circling back to the dinner I was going to have with John Hargrove, the thing about the DNA results, the Important news, and all.None of it made sense, and the more I thought about it, the less I liked it.By lunchtime, I had reread the same email three times without processing a single word."Okay,” Kimmie's voice snapped me back to reality.I looked up. She was standing in front of my desk with her arms crossed."What's wrong?" She asked."Nothing,” I muttered.She stared at me for a while and I stared back. Neither of us moved, but she sighed finally."You're a terrible liar,” she said."Am not,” I argued, as I laughed despite myself."Audrey,” she called."Fine. My day is weird.” I murmured, as I leaned back in my chair."That's not specific,” she said.I debated telling her. Eventually I settled for a watered-down version."John Hargrov
Logan’s POVI really wished John had never made that call. For a long moment after I ended it, neither Audrey nor I spoke.She was just staring at me. She was waiting, looking confused and anxious. I hated that I was the reason for it."What DNA results?" she asked again.I rubbed a hand over my face. My head was pounding. John had promised he wouldn't push things this far without speaking to me first.Apparently, he had changed his mind, or perhaps he had become too desperate to wait."Logan,” Audrey called.Her voice was softer now. She was looking more worried. I looked at her.I prayed within me that God would help me, ‘cause, I didn't know what to say, because none of this belonged to me.It wasn't my secret, it wasn't my revelation, and yet I was standing in the middle of it."I need to talk to John first," I finally said and her expression immediately fell."Why?" She asked.The answers ran through my mind…Because he thinks you might be his granddaughter, because he secretly ra
Audrey’s POVI stared at Logan. For a moment, I genuinely thought I had misheard him."My birth certificate?" I asked and Logan nodded.The car continued moving through downtown Los Angeles, but suddenly everything felt distant. It felt muted and unreal."Why would you ask me that?" I asked."I just want an answer,” he said, as his jaw tightened.I frowned. The question seemed ridiculous. Who thought about their birth certificate? Who randomly checked things like that?"I don't know," I admitted."I've never really looked at it,” I added.Logan's expression didn't change. Neither did the uneasy feeling growing in my stomach."Have your parents ever shown it to you?" He asked."No,” I replied.The answer came faster this time, because the more I thought about it, the stranger it seemed. The people who raised me, never showed me.They had never talked about things like that. Not birthdays, not childhood stories, not family history…Nothing.Growing up, I had always assumed they simply w







