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.

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

with Rosita. She'll never forgive Rosita. If you

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

been with Rosita for four years. The tabloids have been full of

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

James froze.

Rosita can't have children?

James toward the

spoke loudly enough that Briony and Gwendolyn could

moment, both women

hand. "As long as

pressed her lips

for Garry, but little Mario's situation tugged at

couldn't bring

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

dinner, Carney pulled out a bottle of whiskey and invited Garry to

a driver and Carney was insistent, he didn't

sat side by side in their

divided up their food into child-sized bowls and tied

been encouraging her to eat on her own since she was a year old, and by now, at age four, she

was more delicate; Carol had

Little Nina spear a piece of beef with her fork and

baby teeth were all healthy, and she chewed confidently-bite of food, bite of vegetables, another bite-enjoying

couldn't take his

him. "Look at how

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