Kermit's POV
For what felt like an eternity, I struggled to process what Maximus was telling me. The pieces weren't connecting in my mind.
"Don't you find it strange, boss? Her having this photograph. A woman wouldn't keep something like this unless it meant something personal to her."
The realization hit me slowly, like ice water flooding my veins. I didn't want to accept what my mind was telling me.
Tonia had been carrying a child?
"How is that possible?" The words scraped against my throat.
How could Maximus have discovered something like this?
"I'm as lost as you are, boss. There's nothing in any official records about her having children. I can't figure out where this evidence is coming from."
My chest felt like it was being crushed by invisible hands. Every breath became a battle. Tonia had been pregnant. But whose child had she carried?
Tonia's POV
The Central Pack House took my breath away. It was beyond anything I had ever imagined.
