“Whose baby is it?” Mark shouted.
Lauren panicked. “It’s a mistake!”
“It’s not,” the doctor said.
Jessica snapped. “You used him!”
At that exact moment, Mark’s phone rang again.
It was his CFO.
“Mark, we have a serious problem. Contracts are being terminated. The IRS is here.”
Mark went pale.
“What?”
“They’ve received evidence—financial misconduct.”
His phone slipped from his hand.
Everything unraveled at once.
A nurse stepped in. “Your payment was declined. Account frozen.”
Mark checked his banking app.
Frozen.
Court order.
Filed by Emily.
Miles away, our plane lifted into the sky.
Lily laughed softly, looking at the clouds. Noah leaned against me, finally asleep.
I closed my eyes.
