“Wow. Does your biological father know you exist?”
I shrugged. “I suppose. He did at one time, at least. My mother told him she was pregnant, and he sent some checks to help out when I was born. But William told him if he wasn’t going to be involved in my life, the checks weren’t necessary. He could take care of his family without a stranger’s assistance. That was the last they heard from Alex Stewart. About five years ago, I did one of those 23andMe tests, and I got a few hits on my father’s side. But no first-degree relatives like siblings or my father or anything. Then one day last year, I received an email saying I had new relatives. That happens frequently when you’re on that site. Usually it’s like a fifth-degree cousin or a great-great aunt. But that time when I went in to check, i
