Ethan’s Letter
Chapter 19 - Ethan’s Letter
Ethan wrote to Rachel from prison after seven years.
He did not ask for reconciliation.
He admitted that he knew the surrogacy documents were false.
He knew Celeste believed Rachel consented.
He knew Rachel would never sign the family trust willingly.
“I told myself the company protected thousands of lives,” he wrote. “That allowed me to treat the nearest lives as tools.”
Rachel kept the letter for Samuel Rose to read when she was older.
She did not answer immediately.
Months later, she sent one page.
Your children may choose contact when they are old enough and when professionals consider it safe. Their identities and choices will not be negotiated through inheritance.
Ethan replied once.
I understand.
May you like
Rachel did not know whether he truly did.
Understanding was no longer required for her boundaries to exist.
