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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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transpired that I was conceived under dubious 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

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

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

acute awareness that expulsion from the family’s fold would undoubtedly spell his

was, in fact, his biological mother. Tragically, her life

to dismiss the household staff aimed to appease Claudia. He assured her that the child was oblivious to his true parentage and would regard

avoid being ousted from the Thomas family, he adopted an increasingly compliant demeanor. Even as he matured, he concealed his true feelings

harbored the knowledge that he needed to grow

son, he held an equal

secret over the years, even refraining from sharing it with his wife, fearing that Claudia would

demeanor, Claudia extended him

it today, he would forever remain oblivious to the fact that Claudia bore no actual relation to