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.

stopped him with an outstretched arm. "What are

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

his gaze, his expression unreadable. "Mario is

You've been with Rosita for four years. The tabloids have been full of stories about her giving you

tone didn't waver. "Rosita had complications when she delivered Irwin. She had to have a hysterectomy. She's

James froze.

Rosita can't have children?

biological mother died in childbirth," Garry said, glancing past James toward the kitchen. "I married Rosita so Mario could

spoke loudly enough that Briony and Gwendolyn could hear everything from the

both women

Briony's hand. "As long as he isn't Rosita's

her lips

but little Mario's situation tugged at

herself, Briony just couldn't bring herself to

Carney, she felt it

bottle of whiskey and invited Garry to join

and Carney was insistent, he

Mario sat side

food into child-sized bowls and tied on their bibs, then left the rest

her own since she was a year old, and by now, at age four, she was a

the other hand, was more delicate; Carol had always fed him

when little Mario watched Little Nina spear a piece of beef with her fork and pop it into her mouth, he stared, wide-eyed, a look of awe

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

couldn't take

at him. "Look at how

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