The dining room table looked like a war room.On the left, the crisp, white pages of Kenji’s PI report. On the right, the yellowed, heavy bond of Vivian’s personal archive.Noah sat between them. He had his elbows on the table, his fingers massaging his temples in slow, painful circles. He looked at the documents, then at the window, then back at the documents.He wanted the yellowed papers to be true. Aria could see it in the set of his shoulders.If the PI report was right, Noah was the illegitimate son of a bigamist, his claim to the West fortune void, his entire identity a legal error.If Vivian’s papers were right, he was the legitimate son of a terrified woman who had fled abuse to save him.One story made him a victim of circumstance. The other made him a hero of survival."The seal is authentic," Noah said. His voice was raspy. He ran his finger over the embossed stamp on the 1996 divorce decree. "I've seen enough court documents to know a fake. The fiber pulling, the ink blee
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