My Husband Offered Me $250,000 While I Was in Labor—Then He Discovered the Daughter He Rejected Had a Twin Brother

EPILOGUE — Both of Them

One evening, I found the photograph of the check while looking for a different document on my phone.

The amount filled the screen.

$250,000.

I remembered the tray beside my bed.

The gauze.

Garrett’s watch.

The way he had put a pen within reach as though my ability to hold it was the only remaining obstacle to an agreement.