Chapter 111

Calvin's POV For the next twenty minutes, we watched the surveillance footage in complete silence. My heart was pounding so hard I was sure she could hear it. These videos had haunted me for years, yet I'd never confronted her about them. When the last video ended, Evelyn turned to me with an eerily calm expression. "The videos are real," she said flatly. The pain that shot through me was almost physical. I turned away quickly, not wanting her to see how much those words hurt. "But I never cheated on you, Calvin." I froze, then slowly turned back to face her. "Explain." She sighed deeply. "That year, I lost a dear friend, Helena. But I also saved someone very powerful. Part of the funding for my initial laboratory came from him as payment for my services.He demanded complete secrecy about his treatment and identity." "What does that have to do with Leon?" I asked, skeptical. "I didn't even know Leon was in that room until I saw these videos just now," she admitted. "Sometimes what you