Jade in the Woods
The night before I was due to marry my wealthy fiancé at the courthouse, my best friend, who studied criminal psychology, asked me a strange question.
"Molly, your future mother-in-law never had children. So whose son is your fiancé?"
Perhaps she thought I wouldn’t believe her.
She showed me footage from twenty years ago, when my future mother-in-law spoke firmly to the press.
"Even if this family line ends, I will never have a child or adopt one."
I stared at her.
My fiancé was already four years old twenty years ago.
If he wasn’t her son, could he be my future father-in-law’s child from an affair?
Then my friend slapped a medical report on the table. It showed my future father-in-law was infertile.
"I checked. Your fiancé wasn’t adopted, and he isn’t the child of a relative or family friend. Something’s wrong with that family. Think carefully before you marry him."
My friend had barely finished speaking when a message from my fiancé appeared.
[Honey, I know we’re getting married tomorrow, but I still can’t settle down. Can I pick you up? Will you stay with me tonight?]