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Chapter 25: The Boy Who Died at Birth
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2026-11-02 08:02:40
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Eli stared at the screen until the light burned into his eyes. The man in the hospital bed was unmistakably Daniel Parker the father he had spent most of his life believing was dead, or lost in some unreachable shadow of his past. He looked hollowed out, his face thinner than in the few faded childhood photographs Eli possessed. A stark white bandage wrapped around his forehead, dark blood seeping through the layers. Yet it was the text beneath the image that made Eli’s blood turn to ice. YOUR FATHER IS ALIVE, ELI. AND HE HAS BEEN WATCHING YOU SINCE THE DAY YOU WERE BORN. Eli’s knuckles turned white around the frame of his phone. "Adrian." Adrian shot him a brief glance from behind the wheel, his instinct immediately picking up on the sudden shift in Eli's breathing. "What happened?" Eli turned the glowing screen toward him. Adrian’s gaze flicked over, taking in the photograph. His hands tightened on the steering wheel until his joints locked. For several agonizing seconds, the
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The gunshot shattered the tense silence of the room. Eli flinched as Daniel Cross threw himself between Richard and the others. The bullet struck Daniel’s shoulder, sending him crashing hard against the wooden bedroom door. His hand flew instantly to the wound, and a sharp, ragged groan escaped his lips as dark blood began to bloom across his shirt. “Daniel!” Miriam cried, lunging forward, but Richard whipped the gun back around. “Nobody moves!” Instantly, Adrian grabbed Eli’s arm, hauling him behind his broad frame. Adrian’s heart hammered a frantic rhythm against his ribs, his eyes locked on the barrel of Richard’s weapon. “Put the gun down, Coach,” Adrian warned, his voice tight. Richard let out a bitter, humorless laugh. “Still calling me Coach? After everything you’ve uncovered?” “You’re pointing a gun at my family,” Adrian said, refusing to back down. “Whatever warped history is between us, this doesn’t have to end in blood.” “Your family?” Richard repeated, his face twi
The Hockey Captain Secret Crush Chapter 26: The Woman Who Changed Our Lives
Eli couldn't move. He stood in the middle of his childhood bedroom, staring at the document in Daniel Cross's hand while his mother's quiet sobs filled the room. The handwritten name at the bottom of the hospital order seemed to burn into his eyes. Miriam Parker. His mother. The woman who had kissed his forehead whenever he was sick, stayed awake when he had nightmares, and worked herself almost to exhaustion to give him a better life. The same woman who had warned him never to trust Adrian's family was apparently the person who had ordered two newborn babies to be switched. His fingers curled into fists as his breathing became uneven. "Tell me it's a lie." His voice sounded unfamiliar, almost like it belonged to someone else. Miriam lifted her tearful face. Her lips trembled, but she didn't answer immediately. That silence hurt more than anything she could have said. "Mom, tell me this isn't true." "Eli, please." "Don't please me!" he snapped, taking a step backward. His e
The Hockey Captain Secret Crush Chapter 25: The Boy Who Died at Birth
For several seconds, Adrian couldn't move. He stared at the document on the bed, reading the same words repeatedly as though his eyes might eventually rearrange them into something less cruel. DECEASED INFANT: ADRIAN CROSS. “No,” he whispered. Daniel Cross stood in the doorway, watching him with an expression that was almost sympathetic. Adrian shook his head. “No. That's not possible.” “I'm afraid it is.” “Shut up!” The shout startled Eli. Adrian snatched the document from the bed, his hands trembling as he examined the hospital stamp, the signatures, and the date. Everything appeared authentic, but that didn't mean anything anymore. They had spent weeks discovering that documents could be forged, identities exchanged, and entire lives rewritten by people who believed they had the right to control them. He looked up at Daniel. “You expect me to believe I died before I was old enough to remember anything?” Daniel's expression hardened. “I'm telling you what the records say
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Eli stared at the photograph until the faces blurred. Miriam Parker stood beside Daniel Cross, one hand resting on his arm, her expression warm and familiar. Daniel looked thinner than he had in the photographs Adrian kept hidden in his apartment, but there was no mistaking him. Adrian's missing brother was alive. And Eli's mother had known him. For how long? Eli enlarged the photograph with trembling fingers. Behind them stood a brick building with a faded sign, but the image was too dark to make out the words. Daniel wore a black coat, and Miriam was holding a small white envelope. On the back, the message remained painfully clear. YOUR FATHER ISN'T THE ONLY DANIEL WHO LIED TO YOU. “Eli?” Adrian's voice brought him back to the parking lot. He quickly locked his phone. “Nothing.” Adrian stared at him. “Don't do that.” “Do what?” “Lie to me when you're terrified.” Eli looked away. The words hurt because Adrian was right. For weeks, they had promised to stop hiding thin
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The gunshot shattered the silence. Eli screamed. Adrian grabbed him and pulled him against the wall as Catherine ducked, covering her head with both hands. Thomas staggered backward, clutching his shoulder, and crashed into the railing. Blood spread between his fingers. For one terrible second, nobody moved. Then Eli saw the gun still raised in Daniel Parker's hand. His father. The man he had spent his childhood imagining might return one day. The man whose absence had left questions in every corner of his life. The man Miriam had cried over when she thought Eli was asleep. That man had just shot Thomas Vale. “Dad?” Eli whispered. Daniel's face twisted. “Stay back.” Eli stared at him, unable to reconcile the stranger holding the gun with the father he had mourned without ever knowing whether he was dead or alive. “You shot him.” “He's alive,” Daniel replied coldly. “For now.” Adrian moved in front of Eli. “Put the gun down.” Daniel's gaze shifted to him. For a moment,
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