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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dubious circumstances, the result of a waitress slipping a drug into my father’s drink. It turned out that I was

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

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. Fear gnawed at

leaving him with an acute awareness that expulsion from the family’s fold would

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

aimed to appease Claudia. He assured her that the child was oblivious to his true parentage

compliant demeanor. Even as he matured, he concealed his true feelings and projected an air of detachment

harbored the knowledge that

Victor’s son, he held an equal claim to

over the years, even refraining from sharing it with his wife,

despite Bruce’s playful demeanor, Claudia extended him genuine

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

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