All Chapters of A Man Already Gone: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

The moment I walked through the door, I did what I always do. I pulled out my phone and started scrolling through social media.Out of nowhere, a cry for help on a local forum caught my eye.I tapped on it, and the title made my heart skip a beat.[My employer's dad took advantage of me. What should I do?]Reading the details below, I could not help but furrow my brow.[Not long after I started my new job, the man of the house told me he was going on a trip, leaving me by myself.][However, no sooner had he left than his dad showed up...]The word 'trip' stopped me in my tracks.I had just come back from a trip myself, and I had a housekeeper at home too.I kept reading.[He pulled me into the bedroom, and I was too scared to fight back. Afterward, he warned me to keep quiet. I was terrified!][I just found out I'm pregnant, and the man of the house has just returned. I don't know what to do!][Oh, and he knows all about what his dad did.]The comments were blowing up.[C

The lawyer's eyebrows knitted together."You can't just say 'no' and expect us to believe you. This proof is the real deal!"Harriet was wiping away tears."It was me... I recorded that while he was on top of me. I was fighting as hard as I could... Every word, every scream is true! How could you lie like that?!"She was so upset that she could barely speak, her shoulders shaking.I laughed, but there was no warmth in it."Lots of people sound the same. Why are you so sure it's my dad?"The lawyer gave me a look and snorted. "If you think that's not enough, I've got something else."He looked down and clicked on his computer.A moment later, the big screen in the courtroom turned on.A video started playing.It was from the surveillance camera in my living room, showing footage from a night I was not home.The lights were dim, and a man walked in.He went straight for Harriet."You must be Harriet. Oh, he was right… You are pretty."As he spoke, he reached out and grabbe

The courtroom went as quiet as a graveyard for a moment, then whispers started flying."A death certificate?!""He's been gone for ten years? Then whose baby is she carrying?""This is turning into a horror movie. Oh my God!"The judge called for silence with a few taps of his gavel."Silence! Silence!"Every pair of eyes was glued to the paper that my lawyer, Patrick Wheeler, was holding.The court officer handed it over to the judge, who looked it over with a serious face, then gave Harriet and her mom a hard look.Harriet went white as a ghost, trembling a little.Her mom stood up straight away. "No way! That's got to be a fake! He made up that death certificate!"I kept my cool and said, "This death certificate comes from City General Hospital, complete with all the details of the emergency efforts and the exact time he passed away."If you're not sure it's real, we can check it out right now."Patrick chimed in, "We've asked the court to retrieve Mr. Jethro Roberts's o

An hour later, the courtroom was back in session.The judge looked serious."After checking, it has been confirmed that the evidence of Daniel Chapman and Harriet Lawson's relationship, as provided by the defendant, is real."The DNA samples have been taken, and we'll have the results in three days."Let's proceed with the trial."Harriet's lawyer was sweating and sounded unsure. "Your Honor, we still do not know who the real father of the child is..."I cut him off. "Stop."Why bother with pointless struggles at this point?"I turned to Harriet."You made a big mistake thinking my dad was overseas all this time."Didn't you ever wonder why he hadn't visited me in over two years, if we got along so well?"Why was I the only one managing his company's business?"Harriet just bit her lip and stayed quiet.I let out an icy laugh and spoke slowly, making sure every word hit home, "A dead man tells no tales."The room was filled with different reactions, but nobody made a soun