Chapter 6 - The Papers He Signed
Preston returned home furious.
Brielle was packing.
“What are you doing?”
She froze.
“I need to go.”
“Where?”
“Away.”
“You lied to me.”
“No.”
“The date.”
Brielle said nothing.
“The date you gave me.”
She looked down.
Preston's voice shook.
“Were you already pregnant?”
Brielle closed her eyes.
“I didn't know.”
“When?”
“I wasn't sure.”
“You told me you were sure.”
“I was afraid.”
“Afraid of what?”
“That you'd leave.”
The words destroyed him.
Preston stared at her.
“So you lied.”
Brielle began crying.
“I thought if you believed the baby was yours, you'd stay.”
Preston stepped backward.
“And Lena?”
“I didn't think she'd find out.”
“You used my divorce.”
“I needed you.”
He looked at the papers.
Suddenly, everything became clear.
He had signed away his marriage because he believed he was choosing his unborn child.
But he hadn't verified anything.
He had trusted Brielle.
And in doing so, he had hurt Lena and the girls.
He called Lena.
She answered.
“Hello?”
“Why didn't you tell me?”
“Tell you what?”
“That Brielle lied.”
“You wouldn't have believed me.”
“I would now.”
“No.”
Lena's voice remained calm.
“You would have believed me if you had asked questions before signing.”
Preston closed his eyes.
“I made a mistake.”
“You made several.”
“What can I do?”
“You already did it.”
“Lena—”
“You signed the papers.”
Silence.
He understood.
She wasn't threatening him.
She was reminding him.
His own signature had consequences.
The attorney later confirmed that the financial clause could be challenged because it was based on a materially false representation.
But Lena didn't rush.
She wanted the paternity test.
She wanted the full truth.
And she wanted the girls protected before anything else.
Then Brielle made another mistake.
She called Preston's parents.
And told them everything.
Not because she wanted to confess.
Because she wanted them to save her.
Instead, Preston's mother asked one question.
“Who is the father?”
Brielle began crying.
She couldn't answer.
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👉 The woman Preston had chosen was no longer asking him to stay—she was desperately trying to keep the real father of her baby hidden.
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