Tous les chapitres de : Chapitre 11 - Chapitre 14

Chapter 12Daniel stared at the photograph on his phone, his jaw tightening.His grandfather stood beside a man he recognised immediately.Maya’s uncle.The picture appeared to have been taken outside a hospital, but what unsettled Daniel most was the date written beneath it.Six years ago.The same year Maya disappeared from his life.“Adrian!” Daniel called.His assistant entered almost immediately.“Find out everything about this photograph. Which hospital, the date it was taken, and why my grandfather was meeting Maya’s uncle.”Adrian studied the picture.“Do you think it has something to do with what happened between you and Maya?”“I don’t think anymore, Adrian. I know there’s something everyone has been hiding from me.”Daniel picked up his car keys.“And I’m tired of being the last person to know.”Maya sat quietly in the living room, watching Lia draw pictures on the carpet.She wanted to be happy. She wanted to believe that Daniel’s determination to uncover the truth meant t

Chapter 14Daniel stared at the photograph in his hand.Two newborn babies.Two families.One secret that had been buried for years.He turned towards his mother.“Who were those babies?”Evelyn looked as though she had suddenly aged.“Daniel, please. You need to understand that I didn’t make all the decisions.”“Then tell me who did!”His voice echoed through the garden.Maya stood beside him, struggling to hold back her tears.“My mother had another child?” she asked. “Why would my father hide something like that from me?”Evelyn looked at her helplessly.“Because he believed it was the only way to protect you.”Maya shook her head.“Everybody keeps saying they were protecting me. But nobody seems to understand what all these secrets have done to my life.”She turned away.Daniel reached for her hand, but she gently pulled away.He couldn’t blame her.They had spent six years apart because of lies, and now they were discovering that the lies went much deeper than either of them imag