They had only been apart for four years, and the child was already over three. If the child were his, Jamie wouldn't be so hesitant to speak up. Maybe, just maybe, she had left him back then because she was already carrying someone else's child. "So who is the father?" Ben pressed, his tone cold. "Was it the guy you were just flirting with, or someone else?"

Jamie couldn't answer. She remained silent.

Ben's patience was wearing thin. "If you care so much about your son and don't want him to see his mother humiliated, then just tell me the truth! Why are you so unwilling?"

Could it be that the father's identity was truly shameful? Was she involved with a married man?

As he continued to speculate, Charlie, lying in bed, spoke up, "Mom, Uncle, what are you talking about?"

for her son. Charlie had enough struggles with his illness he didn't

like this. He had once been so tender, even worrying about small things like an oil splash from cooking. But there was no going back now. "Mom, does that mean this uncle is your coworker?" Charlie asked, only able to grasp the

"work" involved her body, then what did that make him if they were

three-year-old asked,

Can you maybe help her

could make enough from one job, she wouldn't have

out a mocking laugh.

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