A Man Watching From the Shadows
Across town, Julian Cross—a business rival and Vanessa’s former lover—watched the coverage closely.
Months earlier, their affair had ended quietly. Now details began surfacing. A discrepancy in blood type. A doctor paid to remain silent. The pieces started to fall into place in Julian’s mind.
If the child wasn’t Richard’s…
Opportunity announced itself loudly.
Vanessa, trapped and desperate, made a decision fueled by fear rather than truth.
She confessed the affair.
And claimed the baby was Julian’s.
