‘You are late,’ he said quietly.
His mother blinked.
‘What?’
‘I already knew there was a possibility Emma was
not biologically mine.’
All three of them froze.
Jordan folded the letter carefully.
‘When Claire left, she sent me an email.
She admitted everything.
I had a DNA test done because I needed to know what legal steps to take if she ever tried to come back and use it against Emma.’
His mother whispered, ‘You knew?’
‘Yes.’
His father looked almost offended.
‘And you said nothing?’
‘I did not owe you my daughter’s private life.’
Caleb’s mouth opened, then closed.
Jordan continued, voice steady now.
‘The test said I am not Emma’s biological father.
So I adopted her legally.
