“I’m looking for Serena.”
After the Divorce, I Took My Three Daughters and Moved to California. While My Ex-Mother-in-Law Was Busy Treating My Husband’s Son With Another Woman Like the Heir to Her Fortune, the Housekeeper Suddenly Walked Into a Family Dinner With an Envelope—and One Sentence Left Everyone at the Table Completely Stunned.
Before Rosa could answer, Serena appeared behind her.
The change in Serena’s face was immediate.
“Evan?”
“We need to talk.”
“Not here.”
“It has to be here because you blocked every number I’ve used.”
Serena glanced toward the garden, where Theo was playing beneath a covered patio.
Evan looked too.
Something passed across his face.
Not anger.
Pain.
Serena stepped outside and pulled the door mostly closed.
Rosa couldn’t hear everything.
She heard enough.
“You promised me we’d do the test.”
“There is nothing to test.”
“You don’t know that.”
“I know exactly who Theo’s father is.”
“Then prove it.”
Serena’s voice dropped.
“Leave before I call security.”
Evan looked toward Theo again.
“If there’s even a chance he’s mine, I deserve to know. More importantly, he deserves to know.”
Before Rosa could answer, Serena appeared behind her.
The change in Serena’s face was immediate.
“Evan?”
“We need to talk.”
“Not here.”
“It has to be here because you blocked every number I’ve used.”
Serena glanced toward the garden, where Theo was playing beneath a covered patio.
Evan looked too.
Something passed across his face.
Not anger.
Pain.
Serena stepped outside and pulled the door mostly closed.
Rosa couldn’t hear everything.
She heard enough.
“You promised me we’d do the test.”
“There is nothing to test.”
“You don’t know that.”
“I know exactly who Theo’s father is.”
“Then prove it.”
Serena’s voice dropped.
“Leave before I call security.”
Evan looked toward Theo again.
“If there’s even a chance he’s mine, I deserve to know. More importantly, he deserves to know.”
Serena slammed the door.
Then she turned toward Rosa.
“That man is an unstable former boyfriend.”
Rosa said nothing.
“If he comes back, don’t let him inside.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“And don’t mention this to Mrs. Mercer.”
Rosa looked at her.
Serena added:
“If you value your position here.”
That was her mistake.
Threatening Rosa Alvarez inside a house Rosa had helped maintain since Serena was probably still attending middle school was never going to produce obedience.
Two days later, Evan returned.
This time Serena was gone.
He gave Rosa his attorney’s business card.
“I don’t want their money.”
Rosa studied him.
“What do you want?”
“My son, if he’s my son.”
