Owned by my husband’s boss
The impact had caused Stella’s old diary to burst open, and his eyes instantly locked onto the handwriting scrawled across the yellowed page.
The words stamped themselves directly into his brain: ...Anna’s real mom...
Anthony’s heart gave a violent, painful thud against his ribs. The air entirely left his lungs.
"Anthony?" Anna’s soft voice echoed from the bed, a hint of confusion in her tone. "Are you okay over there? Did something break?"
"Yes! Yes, I'm completely fine," Anthony called back quickly, his voice tight.
Moving on pure adrenaline, he hurriedly gathered the loose pages, closing the diary and shoving it securely back into the depths of the bag. He grabbed her phone from the count