“His name was Sebastian.”
I could barely process it.
“You’ve known this our entire marriage?”
“Yes.”
“And you never told me?”
Ethan looked ashamed.
“I was afraid telling you would somehow make Levi seem less important. He raised me. Sebastian was just a name Mom told me once when I was fifteen. I decided that was all he would ever be.”
Then I finally understood Ethan’s reaction to Lily.
“So when you looked at her like that… you weren’t questioning whether she was yours?”
His eyes widened.
“God, no.”
He reached for my hand.
“I looked at our daughter and saw the first physical connection to a man I’ve never met. I didn’t know how to process it.”
Sadie squeezed my fingers.
Then she admitted that she had encouraged Ethan to keep the truth quiet when he was younger because she feared Levi might feel replaced.
I looked down at Lily.
She was sleeping peacefully, completely unaware that one tiny birthmark had uncovered decades of family history.
Finally, I looked at both of them.
“No more secrets.”
Ethan nodded immediately.
“I promise.”
