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19. Nobody Asked You To
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The Billionaire Accidental Son 24. She Called the Ashcrofts
Gabriel's POVThe shower was running when Dex called back. I carried the phone to the window, speaking low."I traced the number," he said. "Marcy called the main switchboard of Ashcroft Holdings, Brett's family company.""How long?""Four minutes and thirty-two seconds, but I can't see who picked up on their end. A switchboard call gets passed to an extension, so I'd need their internal phone records, and they won't hand those over without a court order."I stared down at the wet parking lot. The storm had left everything gray. Four and a half minutes was long enough to warn someone, or to ask what to do next."Don't go near anyone at that company," I said. "Get me the records the legal way, and find any link you can between the Ashcrofts and Brightwater. Money, meetings, anything. And keep your people on Marcy's house. Nobody gets near her or that little girl.""Understood," Dex said, and hung up.Behind me, Hannah's pillow, the one that had divided the bed, lay on the floor. One of
The Billionaire Accidental Son 23. You're Suing Me for Him
Hannah's POVI lay in the dark after he asked, listening to the rain drip off the window ledge, trying to decide where to start."You've seen Brett's post," I said at last. "Everybody has. But nobody has asked me what that night was actually like.""I'm asking," Gabriel said.I pulled the blanket up to my chest, keeping my eyes on the ceiling. That was easier than looking at him."He put Leo's car seat down on the front steps in the snow and shut us out. I had my coat and my phone, and that was all. I walked to a gas station on Sheridan Road and tried to buy diapers, but every card I owned was declined. The bill was twenty-three dollars and forty-seven cents, and I couldn't pay it. I pulled off my wedding ring and thought about who would buy it at midnight. Then Rosa came and got us, and the first thing she said was, 'Then I believe you.'"Gabriel stayed quiet, listening. I could hear him breathing on the other side of the pillow, slow and careful."The part nobody knows is what I did
The Billionaire Accidental Son 22. I'll Sleep in the Car
Gabriel's POVThe storm hit before we reached the airport. I could still hear Marcy crying in my head.Rain beat on the windshield, turning the highway into red taillights and running water. The driver slowed down, squinting through the glass. Lightning lit up the palm trees bending in the wind. I kept refreshing my phone, watching every flight out of Tampa go from delayed to canceled.Dex called from his car near Marcy's house, and I turned on the speaker so Hannah could hear."I've checked every airline," he said. "Orlando has the same storm, and Jacksonville isn't much better. There are no commercial seats out of Florida tonight, and the airport just stopped private departures too, so your plane can't leave until morning.""Then keep watching that house," I said. "Keep someone there all night and make sure nobody goes near Marcy or her daughter. Call Howard at seven and tell him everything she said. I don't want anyone promising her anything until he tells us what we can legally of
The Billionaire Accidental Son 21. A Rich Woman Paid Me
Hannah's POVI climbed the porch steps ahead of Gabriel, and he let me knock, because he had promised I could speak first.The door opened a few inches. A woman looked out through the gap, gripping the edge of it. Her hair was shorter than I remembered and gray at the temples, but I recognized the small scar beside her eyebrow, and I knew it was Marcy Dunn.She looked from Gabriel to me, then tried to shut the door.Gabriel caught it, holding it still without pushing."Marcy, I'm Hannah Ashcroft," I said. "You did my embryo transfer at Brightwater. I'm not here to hurt you or to shout at you. I flew here from Chicago because I need to understand what happened to my son, and you are the only person who can tell me.""Please," she whispered. "You need to leave.""Our investigator is down the street," Gabriel said. "He won't come near the house unless we ask him to. We'd like five minutes with you."She checked the road behind us, blinking back tears. After a long moment she let go of th
The Billionaire Accidental Son 20. Not Your Call to Make
Hannah's POVGabriel wanted to send investigators, but I wanted to go to Tampa myself.We argued about it in his kitchen the next morning, standing on opposite sides of the room. He was finishing a call with Dex. I stood by the glass, watching a gardener trim the hedges."Dex can handle it," he said, putting the phone down. "He knows how to question people without scaring them, and he's done this for me before.""And what happens when Marcy won't talk to him?" I turned around. "You've been looking for her for weeks. She's the woman who did my transfer, and I want to hear what she has to say.""You don't know what you're walking into.""Neither do you.""That's exactly why I'm sending professionals, Hannah. We don't know what Marcy is capable of, who she's working with, or whether she'll even open the door to a stranger, and she'd be even less likely to open it to you.""I know that," I said."Then why are you insisting?"I stepped closer, keeping my voice level. "Because it's my name
The Billionaire Accidental Son 19. Nobody Asked You To
Hannah's POVGabriel pulled away from the Ashcroft mansion while photographers on the sidewalk were still flashing at the car windows. I waited until the gates were behind us."You spoke for me in front of the whole city," I said. "Nobody asked you to."He loosened the tie that nearly matched my dress, keeping his eyes on the road. "You'd rather they keep calling you a gold digger?""I'd rather choose who speaks for me."He drove on in silence. I meant every word, and I wouldn't take it back."I was defending you," Gabriel said."I know what you were doing. But you didn't ask if I wanted you to defend me," I said, pressing my palms together to keep them still. "You stood in front of those cameras and told everyone what I am to you, what I am to Leo and what they should think about me. I answered that reporter myself, Gabriel. Then you spoke over me.""I told the truth. He's my son, and you're his mother.""That doesn't give you the right to turn my life into a statement for the press.
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