Chapter 2 - I already knew Nathaniel Reed

Sabine expected shock.
She got something else.
Recognition.
Her smile weakened slightly.
I said:
“How did you get that name?”
She blinked.
Not:
You don’t deny it.
Not:
So it’s true.
I asked about access.
That was the mistake she made.
She had imagined herself holding a secret I did not know.
But I had known Nathaniel Reed’s name for nine years.
Long before Ellie was born.
He was not Camille’s lover.
Not a hidden boyfriend.
Not a man she secretly slept with.
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He was a registered sperm donor.
And I had chosen him with my wife.