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Bruce sensed an underlying motive in Jonah’s words.

“What are you insinuating?”

“Simply put, I’m not her biological son. Consequently, her partiality extends disproportionately to Marcus. You, my son, are similarly a casualty of her inequity.”

Bruce’s retort was immediate.

“What nonsense is this?”

“In my childhood, it became evident to me that Claudia favored her other two sons more than me. For a long time, I couldn’t fathom why.

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circumstances, the result of a waitress slipping a drug into my father’s drink. It turned out that I was his illegitimate child-a perpetual thorn in Claudia’s side. How could she possibly extend kindness

trapped in a quandary of helplessness. With Victor’s subsequent departure for Raven Island, the

puzzled over Claudia’s failure to extend him warmth and kindness. Post-revelation, his perspective shifted dramatically. A newfound dread of her, the once-maternal

to rely on, leaving him with an acute awareness that expulsion from the

fact, his biological mother. Tragically, her life was cut short by a catastrophic

assured her that the child was oblivious to his true parentage

family, he adopted an increasingly compliant demeanor. Even as he matured, he concealed his

the knowledge

son, he held an equal claim to

with his wife, fearing that Claudia would regard him with suspicion if

demeanor, Claudia extended

this, Bruce was taken aback. Had Jonah not revealed it today, he would forever remain oblivious to the