Chapter 4 - The Innocent Spy
Mia didn't fully understand the complex, devastating adult concepts of infidelity, divorce, or financial embezzlement. She was only six years old.
But she understood three very simple, undeniable facts based on what she had just witnessed in her father's office.
Fact one: Aunt Jess was going to have a baby in her tummy. Fact two: Her daddy knew about the baby and hugged Aunt Jess because of it. Fact three: Mia had been asking her parents for a baby sister for the last two entire years.
To Mia's innocent, child-like logic, the situation was wonderfully clear. Her daddy and her "Aunt" had teamed up to get her the exact birthday present she had always dreamed of.
Mia walked over to her father's large mahogany desk. She reached up on her tiptoes, her small fingers wrapping around the white plastic stick Jeffrey had carelessly tossed aside. She looked at the little digital screen. It looked like a very strange, small thermometer, but she knew it was the magic wand that meant a baby was coming.
She smiled brightly, slipping the plastic pregnancy test deep into the pocket of her pink dress. She wanted to keep it safe until it was time to blow out her candles, so she could announce to the entire family that she already knew about the secret surprise.
She spent the next three hours running around the sunny backyard, playing with her cousins, eating cupcakes, and acting completely normal.
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Meanwhile, Jeffrey and Jess stood together near the patio table, sipping mimosas and smiling falsely at Eleanor, completely oblivious to the fact that a six-year-old girl was carrying a live, ticking bomb inside her pocket, ready to detonate their entire fraudulent existence.
👉 Read Part 5 to return to the explosive moment at the patio table.
