PART 2: Keisha, my sister, had retired from law enforcement years earlier and now worked as a private investigator. If she said something was serious, it was.
Before I could ask more, her car pulled into the driveway.
Keisha entered with a folder thick enough to break a table. Her expression was grave but controlled. She nodded at Jordan, then turned to me.
“Linda, sit down,” she said gently.
Jordan stayed beside me as Keisha opened the folder.
“The affair has been ongoing for more than a year,” she began. “Gregory financed hotel rooms, trips, jewelry, and cash gifts using money taken from your retirement account. The forged withdrawals total sixty eight thousand dollars.”
My throat tightened. “He used my future to buy her gifts.”
“Yes,” Keisha said quietly. “And Brianna stole over two hundred thousand dollars from her firm. I traced the funds into accounts linked to Gregory.”
The weight of their actions pressed on my chest like stone.
“That is not all,” Keisha continued. “Fifteen years ago Gregory had another affair. A child was born. A girl named Kayla. He has been sending her mother monthly payments in secret.”
The room went silent. Jordan squeezed my hand.
Keisha slid another document forward. “DNA confirms Gregory is Kayla’s father.”
I covered my mouth. A hidden child. A second life. Another betrayal stretching across years.
