James pressed his lips together, his expression grave as he gave a heavy nod.

Briony's knife slipped from her hand and clattered onto the cutting board.

"Careful!" James rushed forward and pulled her out of harm's way.

The sudden commotion startled Gwendolyn White, who quickly turned off the stove and spun around to look at Briony.

Seeing Briony's stricken face, Gwendolyn frowned. "What's wrong?"

Briony's complexion was ashen, her eyes rimmed red.

Rosita had killed her son.

And what had she just done?

She had just held that child in her arms...

Briony closed her eyes, trying to steady her emotions. "Have Garry take the boy and leave. Right now."

She knew the child was innocent.

But his mother was the one who had killed her son.

Gwendolyn steadied Briony and called out to James, "Why are you standing there? Go, now!"

James let out a weary sigh and walked out of the kitchen-nearly colliding with Garry in the hallway.

about to step inside when James stopped him with an outstretched arm.

little Mario is your son with Rosita. She'll never forgive Rosita. If you have

his expression unreadable. "Mario is my son, but Rosita

try to fool us. You've been with Rosita for four years. The tabloids have been full of

she delivered Irwin. She had to have a hysterectomy. She's never been able to have

James froze.

Rosita can't have children?

in childbirth," Garry said, glancing past James toward the kitchen. "I married Rosita so Mario could have a real

Briony and

women

long as he isn't Rosita's

her lips together,

but

couldn't

and Carney were close. Out of respect for Carney, she felt it wasn't

of whiskey and invited Garry to

and Carney was

Mario sat side by side in

divided up their food into child-sized bowls and tied on their

eat on her own since she was a year old, and by

was more delicate; Carol had always fed him by

and pop it into her mouth, he

all healthy, and she chewed

Mario couldn't take his eyes

smiled gently at him. "Look at how well Little

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