The First Sin

“I mean… there is no biological way that Richard Mercer could have fathered you.”

I stared at him blankly.

Was this topic really coming up again? He’d already questioned this on the night of the charity event. A presumptuous perspective from someone who didn’t know any better.

…From someone who grew up with real parents.

“Yes… I know,” I said, somewhat annoyed.

But, for whatever reason, this