Daniel realized why Jason had chosen his genetic material at the fertility clinic.
Jason wanted a child who would symbolically connect the Carter and Hayes families while activating the trust.
But Lily had uncovered the plan and begun dismantling it.
That evening, her phone rang again.
MICAH.
Michael answered.
“Who are you?”
A woman’s voice replied. Postpartumhealth guides
“You found the blue room.”
He went rigid.
Our mother whispered a name.
“Rebecca?”
The front door opened.
A silver-haired woman stepped inside.
Rebecca Reed.
Jason’s mother. Financialplanning services
The woman everyone believed had died fifteen years earlier.
She admitted she’d once helped Robert Hayes but later realized how deeply he’d manipulated her son.
Robert had convinced her that the Carter family would take Jason away and that the family’s fortune rightfully belonged to him.
Rebecca eventually tried to stop the scheme, but Jason had become obsessed with revenge.