My mother-in-law, Linda, had always questioned my son Noah’s paternity, casting doubt on my marriage and my faithfulness. But her attempt to prove me wrong by secretly taking a DNA test would end up revealing a devastating family secret that shattered everything.

It started with Linda’s subtle comments about how Noah didn’t resemble Eric, my husband, as much as she thought he should. One day, I found an empty DNA test kit in Noah’s nursery. I knew she had tested him without our permission. Instead of confronting her, I decided to wait for Eric to deal with it himself.