บททั้งหมดของ Stolen by my Dad best friend : บทที่ 51 - บทที่ 56

Tessa's POVThe message on my phone burned like a brand: *ASK DAVEN WHO WAS STANDING BESIDE VICTOR THAT NIGHT.*I couldn't stop staring at those words. They twisted through my mind, wrapping around every piece of trust I'd built with Daven, every assumption I'd made about the people around me. Daven read the message again, his expression darkening with each word, and when he finally looked at me, I could see the weight of something terrible pressing down on him."Don't believe everything Adrian sends you," he said quietly. His voice carried a calm that felt forced, constructed—the kind of calm that comes right before a confession."But what if he's telling the truth?" My voice cracked slightly. "What if there was someone else there, and you've known about them all along?"Daven's jaw tightened. "He wants you to doubt everyone. He's already made you question your own father."I stared at him. "Do you know who was standing beside Victor that night?"He hesitated.That single moment of h

Tessa's POVVictor's words kept echoing through my mind as we rushed back to Westbridge Medical Center: *"The second witness was inside the hospital when you were born."*A nurse. Someone with access. Someone my mother had trusted. Someone who had been close enough to see everything and do nothing to stop it. The reality of that kept twisting through my thoughts—the fact that while my mother was disappearing, while my life was being rewritten, there had been someone standing right there, bearing witness, and choosing silence.Daven drove with his jaw clenched, his hands gripping the steering wheel with enough force to turn his knuckles white. The tension radiating off him was almost tangible. I could feel his mind working through the same puzzle pieces I was, arranging them into patterns, trying to make sense of how a single nurse could connect to everything—to Adrian, to my mother, to the entire conspiracy that had shaped my existence."You're quiet," I said, breaking the silence tha

Tessa's POVEvelyn's words played on repeat in my mind as Daven rushed us out of the hospital: *Your mother knew who was behind it. That's why they took her.*My mother. Alive somewhere. Hiding somewhere. Knowing the identity of the person responsible for everything, but choosing silence to keep me safe. The weight of that knowledge pressed down on me like a physical force as we reached Daven's car."I need to call her," I said, my voice steady despite the chaos screaming inside my chest.Daven noticed immediately. His hand reached for my arm gently. "Tessa.""I need answers," I said, pulling out my phone. "And she's the only one who has them."He didn't try to stop me again. I could see the acceptance in his expression—the understanding that I'd reached the point where ignorance was no longer an option. I pressed Monalisa's number before I could second-guess myself.It rang twice before she answered."Tessa?" Her voice sounded different than I remembered—worn down, tired, carrying th