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Chapter 2: The Voice On The Phone

Part 2 ⬇️

Inside the envelope were two documents.

The first was a transfer authorization — moving the remaining balance of both children's trust accounts into a private holding company I had never heard of.

The second was a termination of parental rights form.

My name was already filled in.

I looked up at Vanessa.

She wasn't panicking.

She was watching me the way someone watches a clock.

"You were going to make me sign this," I said.

She said nothing.

"Vanessa.

You were going to take my children's money AND remove me as their father?"

She finally spoke.

"You don't understand what those children are like when you're not home."

I felt something go cold inside me.

Caleb was still standing in the doorway.

He had heard everything.

I turned to look at him.

His face wasn't scared anymore.

He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out his phone.

"Dad," he said quietly.

"There's something else you need to hear."

He pressed play.

And the voice that came through the speaker wasn't Vanessa's.

It was a man's voice.

And he was giving her instructions.

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