Chapter 6 - The Man Who Looked Like My FatherMichael Bennett entered my office with Grace beside him.
He looked exhausted.
Not dangerous.
Just tired.
He told me his house had been broken into.
Nothing valuable had been stolen.
Except his father's records.
And a DNA test.
Then he said something that made the room feel smaller.
“My father believed George Carter stole his company.”
I stared at him.
“Your father?”
“Samuel Bennett.”
The name Mom had mentioned.
Michael told me Samuel had once been my father's business partner.
He also told me something else.
George Carter had offered him money years ago.
Fifty thousand dollars.
To sign away any future claim.
I asked why.
Michael looked at me.
“Because your father knew there was something he couldn't hide forever.”
Then Grace spoke.
She remembered seeing my father years earlier.
He had been arguing with another man.
One sentence had stayed with her.
“I did what I had to do to protect both boys.”
Both boys.
The words followed me.
Then Detective Harris arrived.
He had recovered a folder from Melissa's vehicle.
My medical records.
Fertility records.
And a DNA report.
The report compared me with Michael Bennett.
According to the document, we shared one biological parent.
Michael looked at me.
I looked at him.
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And suddenly, the man standing across the room wasn't a stranger anymore.
He might have been my brother.
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