“The envelope had my name on it!” Alex yelled, his voice echoing through the grand parlor.
Alex searched his archived phone records from six years earlier. He discovered a flagged text message from his mother sent during the week of their divorce: If anyone calls the office claiming to be from Elena, let me know before you respond.
The following morning, Alex tracked down Lucia, his former executive assistant at his old firm.
Terrified of becoming involved in legal consequences, Lucia confessed. “Elena called twice,” she admitted, her voice shaking over the phone. “She said it was urgent. Your mother had called the main desk earlier that week and instructed us to route any personal calls from your ex-wife directly to her. On the second call, Elena was crying… she told me she was pregnant with twins. I called your mother immediately to report it.”
Twins. Neither of them knew yet that it was actually quadruplets.
