When the hour ended, Harrison didn’t argue. “Thank you for letting me meet you,” he told the boys.
Lucas said, “You can come again if Mom says.”
Mason whispered, “Bye.” That single word nearly broke him.
Before Chloe left, Harrison handed her a folded document. “I pulled records from that year,” he said. “Madeline wasn’t acting alone.”
Chloe read the paper.
Payment authorization approved: Arthur Winters.
Her father.
Harrison’s voice was grim. “Your father paid Madeline three hundred thousand dollars after she blocked you from seeing me.”
Chloe went cold. Her father had helped her after the divorce. He bought her townhouse through a trust. Arranged doctors. Protected her during pregnancy. Or so she had believed.
Then her phone buzzed.
Dad: Don’t trust Harrison. He knows less than he thinks.
Another message came with a photo. Madeline stood outside a private clinic with Chloe’s father. Beside them was Julian Reyes.
