“Cocoa Told Anthony the Whole Truth About Shayla 😱”

“Cocoa Told Anthony the Whole Truth About Shayla 😱”


A Deep, Emotional Story of Hidden Pasts, Betrayals, and a Truth That Changes Everything…

Anthony was just starting to feel like life might finally be settling down.

The courtroom chaos over Baby Kai had quieted. The DNA drama, the headlines, the betrayal from Amber—it all still stung, but he was healing. Therapy helped. Time helped more.

And Shayla…
Shayla was his peace.

Or so he thought.

But sometimes the truth doesn’t scream.
It whispers.
And on a rainy Thursday afternoon, the truth whispered through someone Anthony never expected it to come from:

Cocoa.

Who Is Cocoa?

Cocoa wasn’t just anyone. She’d been Shayla’s closest friend since high school—the girl who knew her past, her secrets, and her scars.

She was bold. Blunt. Loyal.

But when she called Anthony out of the blue, asking to meet “urgently” and alone, Anthony knew something was off.

He agreed, reluctantly.

The Meeting

They met at a small diner on the edge of the city. Cocoa sat waiting in the back booth, hoodie up, fingers nervously tapping the side of her coffee mug.

When Anthony walked in, she didn’t even smile.

“You came,” she said quietly.

“You said it was about Shayla. What’s going on?”

Cocoa took a deep breath. “You deserve to know what she’s hiding from you. I can’t sit back and watch her lie to you anymore.”

Anthony frowned. “Lie about what?”

Cocoa slid a manila envelope across the table.

“Start there.”

The Envelope

Inside: photos, printed emails, and one worn-out notebook page—handwritten.

Anthony flipped through the contents slowly, each one more confusing than the last.

  • A photo of Shayla, visibly pregnant… but the date on the photo? Over two years ago.

  • A birth certificate with a baby’s name scratched out.

  • An email to a closed adoption agency—from Shayla’s email.

  • And the letter. The page. The one that nearly made Anthony drop the entire folder.

“To the child I gave away…
I wasn’t ready, and I was scared. I didn’t tell his father. He never knew. Maybe he never will.”

Anthony looked up, stunned. “What is this?”

Cocoa’s eyes were wet.

“Shayla had a baby before Lyla. Before you two got serious. She never told you. And the worst part? She was with you at the time. That baby… it might have been yours, Anthony.”

The Shock

Everything around Anthony started spinning.
He stood up. Then sat back down.

“No… No. Shayla would have told me.”

Cocoa leaned in. “She was scared. You were still recovering from your mom’s death. You had just lost your job. She told me she didn’t want to ‘break you.’ So she disappeared for a few weeks and said she was visiting her aunt in Florida.”

Anthony remembered that.
He remembered Shayla vanishing for exactly three weeks.
He remembered her coming back thinner. Tired. Quiet.
He remembered her saying, “Florida was hard, but I needed the reset.”

Was that her reset?

The Confrontation

That night, Anthony drove to Shayla’s apartment.
His heart pounded like a war drum.
The envelope sat in the passenger seat like a time bomb.

Shayla opened the door in leggings and a hoodie, smiling. “Hey you. I was just about to—”

He held up the envelope. “Don’t lie to me. Cocoa told me everything.”

The color drained from Shayla’s face.

“No,” she whispered. “She didn’t…”

Anthony stepped inside, his voice shaking. “Is it true? Did you have a baby and never tell me?”

Silence. Then… a whisper:

“Yes.”

The Whole Truth

Shayla sat on the couch, tears streaming.

“I was young, scared, and already broken when it happened. I didn’t even know if it was yours. I thought it might’ve been Jamal’s. We were off-and-on back then, remember?”

Anthony stayed silent.

“I went to Florida to have the baby. I gave him up. It was closed. I’ve never stopped thinking about him. But I never wanted to hurt you.”

Anthony stared at her. “Do you even know if he was mine?”

Shayla shook her head. “I didn’t do the test. I didn’t want to know. I was afraid knowing would kill me.”

Anthony turned away, jaw clenched. “You let me cry over losing a child that wasn’t mine, when the whole time… I might’ve already had one I never knew about.”

Fallout

The next few days were cold. Anthony cut contact. Shayla sent messages, voicemails, begged to talk. But he needed time.

Cocoa apologized, but said she had no regrets. “He deserved the truth.”

The community was split—some called Shayla brave for confessing. Others said she was cruel for hiding it so long.

But the question that lingered loudest was this:

Where is the child now?

TO BE CONTINUED…

  • Will Anthony search for the child?

  • Could a DNA test reveal once and for all if he’s the father?

  • What does this mean for Lyla, for Shayla, for their future?

Next Chapter: “Anthony Begins the Search – The Lost Child He Never Knew Existed 😢”

Want it? Just say the word. This story’s only getting deeper. 💔🧬👶

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