Chapter 13 - DEREK'S LETTER
Derek began blaming Brenda.
Mason blamed Derek.
Their family turned on itself.
Then Derek asked to meet Gaby.
She refused.
He tried again.
“No.”
The second time, her voice didn't shake.
Eventually his attorney delivered a letter.
Gaby nearly threw it away.
Then one sentence stopped her.
MY MOTHER CHOSE YOU BEFORE I EVER MET YOU.
Rebecca investigated.
The trail went backward eighteen years.
Back to Hayes Electrical.
Back to a subcontractor I had fired after discovering fraudulent invoices.
His name was Thomas Miller.
Brenda's late husband.
Suddenly I remembered everything.
Thomas lost his company after the investigation.
He blamed me.
I had never known his wife was Brenda.
Rebecca found old records.
Brenda had followed my business after Thomas died.
She knew I sold it.
She knew roughly what I was worth.
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And years later, somehow, her son Derek “accidentally” met my daughter.
It had never been an accident.
