Chapter 15
Sylvia realized she couldn’t explain herself and, after thinking for a moment, turned to Jeffrey, “Yes, I went to Rebecca, but only because I love you. I didn’t want you to waste time with her–I wanted us to build a family. Please forgive me.”
Jeffrey and Lucy’s faces were inscrutable, lost in thought, and I was about to speak when my phone rang. After listening for a moment, I smiled at the three of them. “Though I didn’t post that video from outside the registry office, I was curious about Sylvia’s miraculous child, so I used the money you gave me to look into Sylvia.”
“I didn’t expect to find quite so much. Since you’re all here, let’s take a look together.”
Sylvia instinctively tried to refuse, but I had already cast the documents received on my phone onto the office display. A revelation far more explosive than Sylvia’s so–called ‘confession‘ appeared–videos and photos of Sylvia entering and leaving hotels with various
men.
I chuckled as I watched. “I wonder which gentleman fired the loaded shot?”
Lucy’s face was pale with anger as she finished looking at the footage. She slapped Sylvia hard. “You wretch, whose child is this?”
Sylvia fell to her knees. “Mom, I’m ninety–nine percent sure the baby is Jeffrey’s. And even if it isn’t, I can always give Jeffrey more children!”
“I can have children with anyone, doesn’t that prove I’m more fertile than Rebecca?”
“Jeffrey, say something! You don’t care about this, right? My heart is only for you. I don’t care about these other men.”
I nodded, “She’s telling the truth–that’s just her ‘work‘.”
Jeffrey and Lucy looked as if they were about to explode. Unsure what else to do, they stormed out, with Sylvia hesitating briefly before following after them.
