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Choosing honesty over convenience was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever made, but I stood by my integrity, even when it meant being excluded. Two weeks before the wedding, I received an unexpected phone call from Shelly’s mother, Jen. We barely knew each other, so her urgency startled me.
She explained that she had discovered troubling information and believed the wedding should not move forward. As we talked, the truth began to surface: the paternity test had been arranged privately through Shelly’s father, without transparency or independent verification. Ryan had never seen the original documentation—only a summary he trusted.
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