Chapter 7 - LILY
Lily was eleven.
Raised by Margaret as a distant cousin.
She attended family dinners and called me Uncle Julian.
I had held my own daughter without knowing.
Independent testing confirmed paternity.
Anna’s motherhood did not create automatic custody after twelve years apart.
Lily knew Margaret as her guardian.
The court built a gradual plan.
Margaret objected.
She claimed Lily belonged to the trust.
That sentence exposed everything.
Children.
Wives.
Names.
All treated as assets.
Then Claire produced her own child’s file.
She had given birth to a son using my genetic material.
Age four.
Name: Noah.
He had been raised outside the mansion by Sienna.
Sienna’s role was larger than sister.
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She was the network’s primary caretaker.
Read Chapter 8 to learn why Sienna believed Noah made her the real mother.
