I stood motionless beside the sink.
“I called because I couldn’t stop thinking about her,” the teacher finished. “I was afraid she might not tell you herself.”
Publicidad
After we hung up, I stood motionless beside the sink. Lily had disappeared in an unfamiliar city, tried to enter a restricted area, and hidden everything from me.
I marched upstairs and knocked.
“Lily, who is Max?”
The door opened.
She emerged holding her phone, her face pale but determined. Without a word, she showed me photographs of a dark-haired man with green eyes and a crooked smile disturbingly similar to hers.
“Look at us,” she demanded.
My stomach dropped as I finally understood.
“Similar-looking people exist.”
Publicidad
She swiped to several screenshots. “He filmed a movie in our county sixteen years ago. That was when I would’ve been conceived.”
My stomach dropped as I finally understood.
“You think Max is your father?”
