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She just assumed it was about me.
“You didn’t even read it,” I added. “You saw a DNA test and thought you’d found your golden ticket. You didn’t bother checking whose life you were about to destroy.”
“This isn’t… you can’t…”
“Can’t what?” Ethan’s voice cut through like a knife. “Can’t hold you accountable for trying to blackmail my wife? For threatening my family?
Over something you did?”
“I needed the money,” Bri choked out. “I’m sorry. I didn’t know…”
“So you thought you’d extort it from us?” I snapped.
“You thought you’d use my child as leverage to fund whatever mess you’ve gotten yourself into?”
Bri opened her mouth, then closed it, tears streaming down her face. Not the tears of someone who’s sorry. The tears of someone who’s been exposed.
Ethan pulled out his phone.
Bri lunged forward. “No! Ethan, please, you can’t…”
“Watch me,” he said, already dialing.
Mark answered on the third ring.
“Hey, what’s up, pal?”
The sound made Bri’s face crumple.
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