EPISODE 7: THE REVELATION ## CHAPTER 1: THE CALL FROM THE PAST Elena's phone rang at an unusual hour. "Miss Reyes? This is David Chen." The name took her a moment. Then recognition hit—the grad school boyfriend, the one who'd taken their breakup badly. "David. It's been years." "Five years, actually. I've been following your... situation. The society pages." Something in his tone made her cautious. "What do you want?" "I think we should talk. In person. There's something you need to know about your husband." "I'm not interested in—" "It's about Victoria Reed." Elena went still. "Meet me tomorrow. The coffee shop on Mission and 24th. 2 PM. Come alone." The line went dead. --- ## CHAPTER 2: THE MEETING Elena told herself not to go. Told herself it was manipulation, jealousy, someone trying to stir up trouble. She went anyway. David looked different—older, harder, with a wariness that hadn't been there in grad school. He was nursing a black coffee when she arrived. "You came." "You said it was about Victoria." She sat across from him. "Talk." "James Callahan and Victoria Reed didn't just have a brief engagement. They had a child." The floor seemed to tilt. "What?" "Victoria was pregnant when she left. She never told James. The child was adopted out—closed adoption, no record." David...