Chapter 6 - THE SECRET GRANDMA BURIED

Daniel stared at the document.

He didn’t move.

He didn’t speak.

For the first time since I met him, I saw fear in his eyes.

Not anger.

Not frustration.

Fear.

“What is this?” he asked again.

Richard looked at Evelyn.

“She knows.”

Evelyn’s face became cold.

“Don’t do this.”

Daniel opened the document.

His eyes moved across the page.

Then stopped.

“What…”

His voice broke.

I stepped closer.

“Daniel?”

He looked at me.

“I was adopted.”

The words hit harder than I expected.

Evelyn immediately spoke.

“Don’t listen to him.”

Daniel looked at her.

“Is it true?”

Silence.

That silence was the answer.

“Mom?”

Evelyn looked away.

And for the first time, she looked old.

Not powerful.

Not untouchable.

Just tired.

“I did what I had to do.”

Daniel shook his head.

“What does that even mean?”

Richard stepped forward.

“Your mother was afraid of losing control.”

Evelyn’s eyes flashed.

“Enough.”

“No,” Richard said. “He deserves the truth.”

Daniel looked at both of them.

“Who were my real parents?”

Nobody answered.

Then Evelyn whispered:

“They were people who would have destroyed your life.”

“That’s not an answer!”

She finally exploded.

“Because I saved you!”

The room went silent.

Evelyn’s breathing became heavy.

“I saved you from them.”

Daniel stared.

“You stole me.”

“No.”

“You lied to me my entire life.”

“I gave you a family.”

Daniel looked broken.

But then his expression changed.

Because suddenly, everything connected.

The tea.

The camera.

The threats.

“You did this because Ethan found something.”

Evelyn looked away.

Daniel stepped closer.

“What did he find?”

Her silence confirmed it.

My heart started racing.

“What did Ethan find?”

Evelyn looked at me.

Then at Daniel.

And she said something terrifying.

“Your son found the same thing you found when you were his age.”

Daniel froze.

“What?”

“The truth.”

Nobody spoke.

Evelyn walked toward the door.

“You think this is about tea?”

She stopped.

“It was never about the tea.”

Daniel followed her with his eyes.

“Then what is it about?”

She turned around.

“It’s about what happens when a family secret refuses to stay buried.”

Then she left.

Daniel stood there, completely still.

I grabbed his hand.

“Daniel…”

He looked at me.

His face was filled with confusion and anger.

Then his phone buzzed.

A message.

From an unknown number.

He opened it.

It was a picture.

A picture of Ethan.

Sleeping in his hospital bed.

Under the photo were six words.

STOP DIGGING, OR LOSE HIM.

Daniel’s hands started shaking.

Because now we knew.

This wasn’t just a family secret anymore.

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