Chapter 45 - THE WOMAN WHO DESTROYED MY WEDDING
Everything changed again.
Victoria hadn't simply been Julian's new wife.
She had been watching me.
Studying me.
Waiting.
She had known about the trust.
She had known about Noah.
She had known my grandfather was alive.
And she had orchestrated my humiliation.
But there was one problem.
She had underestimated Julian.
He had eventually turned against them.
I called him.
“Where are you?”
“At the office.”
“Come to Grandpa's house.”
He arrived twenty minutes later.
I showed him the photograph.
His face changed.
“I know her.”
“From where?”
“Victoria's family records.”
I stared.
“She told me her name was Victoria Hale.”
“She lied.”
Julian sat down.
“She told me she was an only child.”
“She wasn't.”
“She was Eleanor Reed.”
He looked at my grandfather.
“Your mother?”
“Yes.”
Julian's face hardened.
“She married into another family.”
“She changed her name.”
“And then she married me?”
I nodded.
Julian looked sick.
“Why?”
“To get close to Noah.”
He stood.
“She wanted my son.”
My mother shook her head.
“No.”
Everyone looked at her.
“She wanted more than Noah.”
“What?”
“The trust doesn't become fully accessible until Noah turns eighteen.”
Julian stared.
“Noah is four.”
“Yes.”
“She planned this for years.”
My grandfather nodded.
“She planned to control him.”
I looked at Noah's photograph.
For the first time, I understood.
This had never been about my divorce.
It had never been about the wedding.
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It had never even been about me.
It had always been about my son.
