Chapter 5: Vanessa’s Secret Broke Open
Margaret went pale.
Vanessa stepped away from Richard. “You told me she was infertile.”
Richard opened his mouth, but nothing came out.
I looked at the guests who had spent years believing I was the tragedy in his life.
“He knew,” I said. “He knew he was infertile before he left me. He knew before he let people humiliate me. He knew before he told our friends I had failed him.”
Then the third slide appeared.
A bank transfer.
Vanessa Moore. Payment received from Daniel Pierce.
The garden fell completely silent.
Vanessa’s hand flew to her stomach.
Richard stared at the screen. “What is this?”
I folded my hands. “That is the first payment Daniel Pierce made to Vanessa three weeks after she told him she was pregnant.”
A man near the back stood so fast his chair scraped against the stone.
Daniel Pierce.
Richard’s best man.
Vanessa whispered, “Daniel, don’t.”
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