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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

revelation reached back to his nine-year-old self, trapped in a quandary of helplessness. With Victor’s subsequent departure for Raven Island, the Thomas family hierarchy

uncovering the hidden truth, Jonah, oblivious 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 once-maternal figure, gripped him.

acute awareness that expulsion from the family’s fold would

fact, his biological mother. Tragically, her life was

aimed to appease Claudia. He assured her that the child was

from the Thomas family, he adopted an increasingly compliant demeanor. Even as he matured,

knowledge that he

he held an equal claim to inheritance

this secret over the years, even refraining from sharing it with his wife, fearing that Claudia would regard him with suspicion if she became

despite Bruce’s playful demeanor, Claudia extended

taken aback. Had Jonah not revealed it today, he would forever remain oblivious to the fact that Claudia