Chapter 12 - THE TRUTH INSIDE THE WATCHWe reached the basement.
Grandma closed the steel door.
Everyone was breathing heavily.
Lily was crying against me.
Then Grandma looked at the pink watch.
“The watch isn't just a watch.”
I stared at her.
“What does that mean?”
She pressed the tiny button.
A hidden compartment opened beneath the strap.
Inside was a micro memory card.
My heart stopped.
“What is that?”
“The original hospital records.”
Daniel looked stunned.
“Mom…”
Grandma looked at him.
“I knew you weren't strong enough to tell her.”
She handed me the card.
“The truth is on there.”
I looked at Vanessa.
She was crying.
“What happened to Lily?” I asked.
Vanessa whispered:
“She was supposed to be taken from me.”
“Why?”
“Because her father left a trust.”
“How much?”
Vanessa closed her eyes.
“Two hundred million dollars.”
The room went silent.
Then Grandma added:
“And there was one condition.”
I stared at her.
“What condition?”
“Lily had to remain alive and under the protection of her biological mother until she turned eighteen.”
I looked at Vanessa.
Then at Daniel.
Then at my daughter.
Suddenly everything made sense.
The affair.
The accusations.
The lies.
The stolen watch.
The people following us.
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None of it had been about a pink watch.
It had been about Lily.
