As a billionaire, I came to tear down my old home, but froze at the sight of my “dead” wife holding a child. Seeing his little face, my legs gave out and a sob broke from my throat. I reached out, crying, “Is… is that my son?” With a terrified look, she slammed the door and whispered, “Forgive me…”

scar resting just above her upper lip from a childhood fall.

“Clara,” I gasped, the word tearing its way up my dry throat.

Her face, previously arranged in a mask of mild annoyance for a late-night caller, drained of all color. She swayed slightly, her knuckles turning white as she gripped the doorframe.

“Ethan.”

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