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Thankfully, all her hard work finally paid off.
Alicia knew Sherry never missed a detail. “Any luck finding out where Mavis’s ex-husband ended up?”
Sherry shook her head, looking apologetic. “No luck. All I know is, after your dad Leo stepped in and pushed for the divorce, the guy just disappeared without a trace and never looked back.
“He’s cut off everyone-friends, family, you name it. Not a word from him all these years.”
Sherry had hit a dead end, no matter what she tried.
Alicia smiled and patted Sherry on the shoulder. “Don’t worry about not finding him. What you found means a lot to me.
“Seriously, thank you so much!”
Sherry’s lead was like flipping on a light in a dark room-suddenly, Alicia knew exactly where
to go next.
Sherry grinned. “Come on, you don’t have to be so polite with me. I’m your assistant-this is what I’m here for.”
Alicia dropped the formalities. Sherry was nothing like Haley; she was someone Alicia could actually trust.
They talked over Alicia’s upcoming schedule, grabbed a bite together, and then went their
separate ways.
Once she got home, Alicia shot Jason a text: [You home?]
Jason replied almost instantly: [Yeah, you back?]
Alicia: [Yeah, I need to talk to you about something. I’ll come by.]
Jason: [Sure!]
‘She comes to me first whenever something’s up. Jason couldn’t help but feel a rush of happiness at the thought.
He hurried to open the door and waited for her to show up.
As soon as Alicia walked in, she gave Jason the rundown on what Sherry had found.
Jason hadn’t expected Nicole’s family history to be this messy.
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“My people got a lead on Mavis’s ex-husband. We should be able to find him soon,” Jason
said.
“Once we bring him in, we can blow up the whole secret diary thing-and reveal Nicole’s not even his kid.”
Alicia nodded with a sly grin. “Exactly. We’ll drop the paternity test bomb and let everyone play detective about who her real dad is.”
Jason let out a sly laugh. “You’re savage.”
Then he switched gears, “But seriously, well played.”
With that, everyone’s gonna assume Leo is Nicole’s real dad.
Alicia winked. “He wanted a daughter, so why not let him have one?”
Jason agreed, “Yeah, let’s give him what he wants. He’ll probably be thrilled.”
‘Let’s just hope he doesn’t get so “happy” that he faints and ends up back in the hospital, Jason thought.
With Leo’s temper, not only would he totally lose it over being played, but he’d probably go ballistic if he found out his wife had used some other guy as his lookalike—and even ended up having a daughter with him.
Jason let out a low whistle. “Man, this drama just keeps getting better.”
Alicia’s
eyes sparkled with amusement. “Yeah, and there’s no stopping it now.”
Jason paused, then asked, “So, have you figured out who Nicole’s real dad is?”
Hearing that, Alicia shot back with a grin, “Wait, you’ve got a guess too, don’t you?”
Jason nodded. “Yeah.
“I’m gonna be digging into that guy pretty hard these days.”
They didn’t even need to say it out loud-both of them knew they were thinking of the same
person.
Alicia could feel she and Jason were really starting to sync up. “Yeah, I’ll tap into my own network and see what I can dig up too.
“Now let’s just kick back and watch the drama unfold-trust me, it’s only going to get crazier from here.”
The whole mess between the Hammond and Moore families isn’t going to drag out much
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longer. The Moore couple love their son way too much to let this go on.
This is all just the warm-up.
As soon as they track down Mavis’s ex-husband, that’s when the real drama kicks off.
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Lucia Morh is a passionate storyteller who brings emotions to life through her words. When she’s not writing, she finds peace nurturing her garden.