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.

step inside when James stopped him with an

She'll never forgive Rosita. If you have any decency

unreadable. "Mario is my son, but Rosita isn't his biological

been with Rosita for four years. The tabloids have been full of stories about her giving you a son. And now you expect us

complications when she delivered Irwin. She had to have

James froze.

Rosita can't have children?

said, glancing past James toward the kitchen. "I married

loudly enough that Briony and Gwendolyn

women stood in conflicted

hand. "As long as

her

little affection for Garry, but

just couldn't bring herself

Out of respect for Carney, she felt it wasn't her place to

a bottle of whiskey and invited

driver and Carney was insistent, he

little Mario sat side by side in their booster

and tied on their

excellent table manners. Briony had been encouraging her to eat on her own since she was a

the other hand, was more delicate; Carol

and pop it

Her baby teeth were all healthy, and she chewed

take

noticed and smiled gently at him. "Look at how well Little Nina eats. Maybe

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