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“That has yet to be determined, lady. Start talking.”
“I am not one of your suspects, and you will not sit there and speak to me like that. I know you’re in shock—so was I when I found out—but regardless, you will show me some respect.”
Shaun chuckled.
“Shut the fuck up.” Simon looked at him. “Why now? Why are you just coming to us now with this information?”
“Because I just found out when my mother passed away. My entire life, she told me that my father left when she told him she was pregnant and never came back. After she passed, I was given a letter from her telling me that she lied and that my biological father’s name was on my original birth certificate, which she kept locked away in her safe.”
“So you never had a father figure?” Simon asked.
“There was Joseph. He was a man she met and married shortly after I was born. He was from the States, and when I was two, he moved us here. He raised me as if I was his own.”
“Did you know that the man who raised you wasn’t your biological father?”
“Yes. I found out when I was ten. We were learning about blood types in science and had to do a project showing my blood type, my mother’s, and my father’s. After turning in that project, my teacher asked me if I knew my biological father’s blood type. I had no idea what he was talking about. He explained to me that Joseph couldn’t be my biological father because of his blood type. I went home that day and told my mother what he said. She sat me down, and that’s when she told me that Joseph wasn’t my biological father.”
“Man, I’d be pissed at that teacher,” Shaun said.
“She was, and she got him fired. Anyway, she told me that my real father wasn’t a good man, and he left us when she told him she was pregnant.”
“You never asked her his name?” Simon asked.
“No. I was ten and confused. I had a family and didn’t care about the man who couldn’t be bothered to stick around. But what my mother told me was a lie. She found out she was pregnant with me shortly after Henry left Paris. She followed him here and went to his home. He wasn’t there, but your mother was.”
“Are you saying that my mother knew about you?” Simon’s eyes narrowed.
“After convincing my mother what a terrible man Henry was and telling her about Shaun, she paid her off to leave town and never return.”
“Of course she did.” Simon ran his hands down his face. “Another fucking secret. She promised, Shaun. She promised there was nothing else,” he shouted.
“I wasn’t even going to tell any of you that she knew, but after she threatened me?—”
“Wait a second. My mother threatened you? You confronted her?”
“Yes. We had dinner the other night.”
“What did she say to you?” Shaun asked.
“She told me she did me a favor by keeping my father out of my life.”
“Well, she wasn’t lying.” Simon sighed.
“She also said she did what she had to in order to protect all of you boys. She told me to leave town and to leave you alone. She said if I didn’t, she’d ruin me.”
Simon rolled his eyes as he leaned back in his chair.
“Simon, I think in some way you knew there was something about me. Last night, when we met, you kept staring at me.”
“Because you look like a grown-up version of Nora and a lot like Sebastian.”
“When you walked in with Nora, I felt like I was staring at my child self.”
“She inherited more genes from our family than Celeste’s. Apparently, you did, too, if you are our sister.”
“I’ll be right back,” Shaun said.
A few moments later, Shaun walked back into the kitchen and set a box in front of me.
