Silence.
"Victoria, I'm sorry this happened. But I'm not going to hide a child to protect your secrets."
She hung up.
I had twenty-four hours before my world exploded.
I told David everything.
Not because I'm brave. Because I had no other choice.
I sat him down after dinner, hands shaking, and confessed. The tests. The paranoia. Alexis. All of it.
He listened without interrupting. His face cycled through confusion, hurt, anger, and something I couldn't name.