If Only

Thirty Nine

Nate Crawford

I followed Luca out the ballroom towards a private room as he locked it behind him as we stepped in "sir I found some information"

"Information?" He took a seat sighing

"I need you to just listen and dont't interrupt me"He gestured to the brown leather chair "your going to want to sit down" I sat in the chair now annoyed

"When I was researching Charlotte's family, I was going through medical records. There was no records of Amara ever being pregnant, no medical insurance bills or past appointment history" he sighed

"I did some digging, I didn't know much about some of her family members. The only family is really on Amara's side. But Amara's sisters were a mystery, I just knew Emma died and Elizabeth moved" he poured himself a glass of scotch

"But as I dug deeper, I was quite shocked sir. Her family is not really truthful" he sat up placing his glass down

"What did you find?" I sent him a sharp glare, he knew I hated fucking suspense "get to the point" He pulled an envelope out handing it to me "your not gonna believe this one" I looked down at the manila envelope

I opened it to see two Polaroids "I don't understand" I looked up to him in confusion and then back down to the clear but grainy photos of the woman with a baby in hand

"That's Emma" my eyes widened as I stared at the photo "this is their aunt?"

"That's not the shocking part, look closely at the photos Nate. That's her with Charlotte and then her with Belle" she was in a hospital gown in both of the photos with a baby in hand dated different years

How could this be possible? He was lying "Emma's ex fiancé's name is James Wakeman" I looked at him my pulse racing

"What the fuck does this photo mean"

"What do you think it means, I don't have the full picture but I got some damn good ideas, don't play dumb Nate" Luca sighed "you either tell her or go ask the other sister Elizabeth"

"She would've told me if she knew" I stumbled as I stood, I couldn't believe it

Charlotte Crawford

Nate had been gone for awhile as Jillian nagged my ear off about some guy she'd been hooking up with but after 5 minutes I tuned her out

"And I mean in the grand scheme of things, he was a serial killer so it wasn't going to workout" I shook my head from her words

"I'm sorry, he was a what?" A sneaky grin appeared on her face

"I'm just playing, I saw you spaced out... rude by the way. Do that to the wrong person maybe they'll kick you in the shins"

"In the shins?"

"Like a scooter to the shins, come on that's the worst feeling in the world" she pulled her hair up with a clip "sometimes I just over heat at these things" I was ice cold

"The overwhelm of people? Trust me I do not like these things either, never have"

"Oh I saw you and my brother, he really loves you doesn't he? He hates dancing that was a surprise for everyone" I raised a brow