Chapter 117

VERONICA “Wa-as he telling the truth, Auntie?” I asked slowly, my voice shaking with a strange apprehension. Aunt Lucy looked stunned; her face had turned dark and haggard. No words came from her, which only intensified my anxiety. “Auntie, please say something.” I cried out, “was David Wellhaven saying the truth?” A few seconds later, she slowly nodded her head, “ye-es…” She muttered, “David Wellhaven is your biological Father.” As soon as those words left her tongue, my world was completely shattered. Everything I had learned about myself seemed like a huge lie. My dad suddenly wasn't my dad, and a new man turned out to be my father. "Hh-how could this be?" I asked, my voice trembling with disbelief and a sense of betrayal. "What is the actual truth? Did my mother truly leave my biological father?” “No!” Aunt Lucy’s eyes turned to me; they were bloodshot and wide with irritation. “Your mother never left that man, but he left her. David Wellhaven left your mother even after knowing sh