Chapter 175

Tristan snatched Elara’s phone, playing the message over and over.

“What the heck is this guy on about? Is he speaking gibberish? Am I missing something here?”

How come he could understand every word, but couldn’t make heads or tails of it?

Elara blinked, overwhelmed by the tidal wave of information coming from the recording. What did it mean that she was Jacob’s child?

Beckett sidled up to Elara. “Dad, I thought Mr. Jacob Pollack was a bachelor. How could he have kids?”

Could it be that Tandy got it wrong? With so many kids at the orphanage, a mix–up wouldn’t be that far–fetched.

Tristan shook his head. “Ancient history. Heard his fiancée passed away young, they never made it down the aisle. But that’s not the point!”

What mattered was how mind–blowing this whole situation was!

Sienna looked at Elara with concern. “Elara, what do you think?”

Meeting the hopeful yet cautious gaze of her family, Elara slowly shook her head. “I don’t know. Let’s get a DNA test with Mr. Pollack first.”

Tristan smacked his forehead. “Right, DNA first! Maybe Tandy’s just talking nonsense!”

Palmer’s audio file had also made its way to Jacob’s phone. He replayed it numerous times! He’d snooped around Heartfelt Orphanage and Tandy Hospital in private more times than he could count! Tandy’s words were all over the place, but Jacob was not ready to let go of the details just yet.

The Schnabel family marched into Jacob’s office in full force.

Knowing Jacob could potentially be his daughter’s biological father, Tristan’s gaze was filled with complex emotions. He decided to cut to the chase.

“Mr. Pollack, mind sparing us a few strands of your hair?”

the Schnabels, especially at Elara, who had

heard the recording too?”

have. Let’s just verify whatever that person said

few hairs, and handed them to

for DNA testing; they’re faster than

frowned slightly. “You don’t seem

about this

out a locket from under his lab coat, opened it,

photo inside stunned the entire

SFF SE

woman in the picture bore an uncanny resemblance to Elara. It was

time I saw you, I thought you looked so much like her.

Pollack, if you had suspicions about

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anything?”

child! My fiancée Yvette is gone, and there’s no one to tell me the truth. And even if she is my child, Is it

I can’t even begin to tell her how Wette left us. I am

loved Elara dearly. They’d video call her daily and sent treats to Emerald County non–stop. Freya and Merrick were ready to tear down

he was just a

the woman in the photograph, her face radiating warmth as she smiled, tears

her eyes.

find out… that

year. Remember when the institute collected DNA from all the researchers? I used my

It wasn’t until he saw the DNA report that he felt his

a DNA test, why didn’t you

fuming at

the paternity test report that Jacob had dug out, scoffing as he did so. “Our family loves Elara dearly. When Sienna and I got married, she said she wanted a big, lively family–five kids, a full hand, none missing. But that’s no excuse for knowing

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