CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SIX
The Truth Begins to Surface
Security surrounded Amelia.
"Miss Rose," one guard said politely.
"Mrs. Whitmore requests that you leave."
"I'll leave."
Amelia looked directly at Ethan.
"But ask yourself one question."
She stepped closer.
"If I'm lying..."
She gently rested both hands on her pregnant belly.
"...why is your mother so afraid of me?"
The room fell silent.
Ethan looked from Amelia...
to Cassandra...
to the unborn child.
Something inside him broke loose.
A single memory returned.
A rainy evening.
His hand resting on Amelia's stomach.
His own voice whispering—
"If we ever have a baby... I'll never let either of you face the world alone."
His eyes widened.
He staggered backward.
Blood trickled slowly from his nose.
The ballroom erupted in panic.
"Ethan!"
Doctors rushed forward.
Guests screamed.
Champagne glasses shattered across the marble floor.
Before losing consciousness...
Ethan looked directly at Amelia.
His lips moved silently.
One word.
"Amelia..."
Then he collapsed.
Across the ballroom...
Cassandra Whitmore realized the impossible had begun.
The memories she had spent millions to erase...
May you like
...were coming back.
END OF CHAPTER SIX
