Chapter 10 - THE MISSING BABYMadeline had spent thirty years believing her daughter was dead.
Then, four years earlier, she discovered the truth.
Sarah was alive.
She was living under another name.
And she had donated eggs to a fertility clinic.
Madeline found the records.
Then she discovered that one of Sarah's embryos had been transferred to me.
The embryo that became Luke.
Madeline had been horrified.
She believed I had stolen her daughter's child.
But that was not what happened.
The embryo had been donated anonymously.
I had not known Sarah existed.
Brandon had not known.
No one had.
Except Madeline.
She became obsessed.
She wanted Luke.
She believed he belonged to her.
When I refused to let her control our lives, she began searching for ways to destroy me.
The DNA test had been manipulated.
The documents had been altered.
And the envelope she brought to the hospital contained false evidence.
I looked at Madeline.
“You tried to take my son.”
She cried.
“He is my daughter's child.”
“No.”
I stepped closer.
“He is my son.”
Madeline whispered:
“You carried him.”
“Yes.”
“I gave birth to him.”
“Yes.”
“He is mine.”
I shook my head.
“No.”
He was not property.
Not hers.
Not mine.
Not anyone's.
He was a child.
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And he deserved to know the truth one day.
But not the version built on manipulation.
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