JAKE POV

The storm had been building inside me long before the email arrived, but the second I saw the subject line,

PATERNITY CONFIRMATION,

my entire world split clean in half.

I’m still recovering from the news I received from Antonio concerning my wife and her sister, now this.

My hands shook as I clicked it open.

It felt like the room shrank, the air thickening until breathing became work.

My chest tightened. My breath held.

My heartbeat hammered loudly.

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