Jimmie POVI can’t. I just can’t, I thought, sitting beside Devon, silently watching him. He looked so damn happy—happier than I’d seen him in days, and it was all because of his son.Oh God. His supposed son.I closed my eyes, pressing them shut so tightly it hurt, trying to steady my breathing, to keep my nerves from unravelling right there beside him. My chest felt heavy, like I was holding a stone lodged inside it, refusing to let it drop.Devon had been in this rare, bright mood ever since Nathaniel called. At first, he’d been so tense, pacing, hesitant, refusing to answer because he thought it was Eleanor trying to reach him through some trick. But then the voicemail played. Nathaniel’s tiny, unsure voice came through the speaker, trembling but clear, “Papa, I miss you…”And just like that, Devon crumbled.I watched him rush across the bed, grabbing his phone like it was the last lifeline he had left. His whole face transformed the second he heard his boy’s voice. Relief washed
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