{"id":195,"date":"2026-09-12T11:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T11:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantatv.com\/series\/the-boys-stopped-the-gala\/chapter-3-the-secret-claire-kept\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T11:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T11:58:12","slug":"chapter-3-the-secret-claire-kept","status":"publish","type":"sr_chapter","link":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/?sr_chapter=chapter-3-the-secret-claire-kept","title":{"rendered":"CHAPTER 3. THE SECRET CLAIRE KEPT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The older boy took another paper from his pocket.<\/p>\n

It was a letter.<\/p>\n

Daniel recognized Claire’s handwriting immediately.<\/p>\n

He opened it.<\/p>\n

Daniel.<\/p>\n

If the boys have reached you, then I finally ran out of time.<\/p>\n

Daniel continued reading.<\/p>\n

Claire explained that after leaving him years earlier, she discovered she was pregnant.<\/p>\n

Twins.<\/p>\n

She had tried to contact Daniel.<\/p>\n

But every message was returned.<\/p>\n

Every call was blocked.<\/p>\n

Daniel looked up.<\/p>\n

The dark-haired woman had gone pale.<\/p>\n

Her name was Victoria.<\/p>\n

She had been Daniel’s family advisor for years.<\/p>\n

Claire’s letter continued.<\/p>\n

Victoria told me you wanted nothing to do with me or the babies.<\/p>\n

Daniel’s eyes moved toward her.<\/p>\n

Victoria shook her head.<\/p>\n

Daniel, listen to me.<\/p>\n

But he kept reading.<\/p>\n

Claire had included copies of emails she believed came from Daniel.<\/p>\n

Emails telling her to disappear.<\/p>\n

Daniel knew immediately.<\/p>\n

He had never written them.<\/p>\n

The entire ballroom went silent.<\/p>\n

Daniel looked directly at Victoria.<\/p>\n

You did this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The older boy took another paper from his pocket. It was a letter. Daniel recognized Claire’s handwriting immediately. He opened it. Daniel. If the boys have reached you, then I finally ran out of time. Daniel continued reading. Claire explained that after leaving him years earlier, she discovered she was pregnant. Twins. She had tried […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-195","sr_chapter","type-sr_chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sr_chapter"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}