After the divorce, he begged

Rebecca didn’t reply. It was clear–if he refused to answer her, she wasn’t about to tell him anything either.

“May?” Richard guessed, watching Rebecca’s face closely, not missing a single change in her expression.

Rebecca frowned and asked, “May knows about this, too?”

Her reaction made Richard second–guess himself. He thought, ‘But if it weren’t May, then who else would talk to Rebecca? And what reason would they have to tell her any of this?‘

“What does May know?” Rebecca pressed, leaving Richard no room for doubt.

Richard forced his emotions down and said, “Why don’t you just ask her?”

By this point, Rebecca realized she’d reached a dead end. But at least she knew that what May had said was true. She didn’t plan to stay here any longer.

Annoyed and restless, she said, “I’ll go ask her myself. And I’ll get to the bottom of things between you and Mom.” With that, she spun around and walked off.

Ian hurried after her. He caught up and walked next to her, asking casually, “Done trying to ask him?”

“He won’t say anything no matter what,” Rebecca replied.

“I can help,” Ian offered.

Rebecca said, “From the way he looked just now, it doesn’t matter how much you threaten him. If there’s something he doesn’t want to talk about, he won’t say a word. It’s no use trying.”

Jan reflected for a moment and then realized that it was indeed the case.

Once they were both in the car, Ian glanced at Rebecca, noticing the worry etched on her face. He asked, “So, are we heading to the hospital to see your mom now?”

“I’ll go myself,” Rebecca said. She really wanted to see Amelia. Even if Amelia couldn’t speak or answer her right now, Rebecca just wanted to sit with her for a while.

Ian started up the car and said, “I’ll come with you.”

The car was moving fast.

As lan thought about what he’d just heard, he asked casually, “What did you mean by ‘price‘ earlier? Isn’t it just a father’s responsibility to raise his kid?”

“I don’t really know,” Rebecca answered, her mind in a whirl–some things felt clearer now, but others seemed

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before they got married, and said the money Dad spent on me

pulled up at a

the steering wheel as he asked, “Do married couples really keep things that black

found it strange

ever signed prenups or kept their money separate after getting hitched, but they wouldn’t call

idea. He blurted out, “Becky, what if you’re not actually Richard’s kid?” He’d known Rebecca

asked, “What do

about what happened back then. He said, “Think about it–for real. If your dad had run off with all the money, how do you think your mom would’ve

Rebecca nodded.

asked, “So what did your mom actually do at

barely reacted. It was like she knew it would happen all along. She even told me straight up not to waste my emotions

worth it,” Ian

She still couldn’t quite picture not being Richard’s kid. The idea was just too

grown–up. Richard always bragged about how hard he’d worked to win Amelia

that is real, then what is the story between

the type who jumped into action for everything except romance. He said, “There’s

honked behind them. Ian hit the gas

about it,” Rebecca replied, her mind already spinning with ideas. She

they could talk face–to–face–Rebecca knew she’d be able to read May’s every reaction,

other people were

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soon as Rebecca and Ian left, Stanley sent Jeffrey the recordings. He said, “Amelia is turning out

hadn’t even finished listening to

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