Chapter 2 - I did it so we could be together eventually!
The nursery was suffocatingly silent for a fraction of a second as the absolute gravity of the betrayal settled over the room.
If you had a photograph of the room at that exact, paradigm-shifting moment—you would see the absolute collapse of a five-year conspiracy. In the foreground of the image, I am standing in my sharp white blouse, tears of shock pooling in my eyes but my posture radiating unbreakable resolve. In the background, Daniel is frozen in a pathetic, defensive stance, realizing he is trapped. Celeste is glaring at me with venomous calculation. And sitting in the rocking chair is Sophie, clutching her newborn, her face a portrait of absolute devastation as she realizes the man she married does not legally exist.
"David," Sophie breathed, her voice shaking violently. "Is it true? Did you fake your death?"
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"I did it so we could be together eventually!" Daniel pleaded, entirely missing the horrifying implications of his own words. "I changed my name. I started over. I met you. We have a family now—"
"You committed identity fraud and bigamy," I interrupted coldly. "Your marriage to Sophie is entirely legally void. You are still married to me."
