Damian’s POVIt had been twenty-seven days since the samples were taken at the DNA facility in Jersey City. Twenty-seven long, dragging, silent days that felt like someone had stretched time until it thinned out and wrapped around his throat.The house had returned to its usual rhythm. Evelyn had settled into her routine with Jayden—feeding him, bathing him, learning his patterns, humming soft lullabies at odd hours of the day. She smiled more now, but there were moments when she paused, for too long, like something unsettled was lodged inside her. He noticed, he always noticed, even when she tried to hide it.Vanessa had returned to her usual dramatics, demanding attention from the maids, strutting around the mansion like she was already crowned the official mother in the Blackwood bloodline. Gregory stayed watchful but calmer, almost too calm, as if bracing himself for whatever truth was approaching.Life had gone on, meetings resumed,board members visited, inve
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