The Biggest Lie
Sienna began crying. Not dramatically this time. Her confidence disappeared completely.
“I didn’t know all of it.”
Derek whispered her name sharply. She ignored him.
Then she placed both hands on her stomach. For one strange second, I thought she was protecting the baby. Instead, she reached beneath her blouse.
There was a stunned silence.
Sienna removed a small padded insert.
My mouth fell open. Callie’s eyes widened. There was no pregnancy. There had never been one.
Sienna covered her face. “He told me it would make us look more stable. He said the judge would see us as a new family.”
Even Derek’s attorney turned away from him.
The perfect picture Derek had presented that morning collapsed in less than fifteen minutes. The devoted father. The stable new relationship. The growing family. The concerned husband worried about his former wife’s well-being. Every piece of it had been carefully arranged.
