Chapter 12

I barely had time to comprehend her statement when a team of law enforcement officers burst in, encircling my parents.

Chester entered right after, his face etched with anger. "You dare call my child illegitimate? How can you utter such words without fear?"

"Are you suggesting Kathy was intimate with multiple men that night and is now attempting to pin it on me?"

He gestured, and his aide promptly displayed the security footage from the hotel hallway that evening.

The video clearly showed Kathy being forcibly taken into a nearby room by five of his security personnel—there was no room for doubt.

My parents' faces drained of color, shocked into silence. "How could this occur?"

Before they could utter another word, the guards swiftly muffled them and removed them from the premises.

Chester retrieved a ring from his pocket and, in full view of everyone, knelt down and proposed. I stood motionless, unable to react or speak, completely blindsided by the sudden chain of events.