ATHENA

The breath I didn't know I'd been holding finally escapes my lungs. The paper slips from my fingers, fluttering softly to the floor, but I don't reach for it.

I can't move.

I'm frozen in place, staring blankly. As a wave of emotions crashes over me with such force, it nearly knocks the air from my chest as I read the results over and

over again.

Paternity Results;

Athena Dawson and Rayen King:

99.9% Match.

Rayen is mine.

He's mine.

My baby didn't die. He didn't die that day in the hospital like they told me.

I wasn't crazy.

I didn't imagine his little fingers curling around mine. The way I knew, deep in my soul, that he existed even when no one believed me.

Tears burn my eyes, blurring the world around me, and I lift my trembling hand to cover my mouth.

A choked sob escapes before I can stop it. Zayan is suddenly beside me again, his arm wrapping around my shoulders, anchoring me before I drown in the storm.

"If I say I suspected it before I saw his birthmark, then I must be a liar, Zayan. My baby was right at the tip of my fingers and I.... I........ I.....”

Hot fast tears roll down my cheeks as Zayan wraps his hands around me. He holds me while I cry my eyes out.

"I'm such a terrible mother!" I sob as he rubs circles around my back.

"You're the best mum Ry will ever have. Leah is such a bitch and if you want to

burry her six feet under, I'll help you carry the body."

Despite the chaos in my chest, I let out a laugh.

"You're sick!"

God I'm so happy!

floods through me,

followed by

Pure, searing rage.

me believe I was

even allowed to fucking grieve because I "Killed my

time, he was

this time... Leah had

The tears stop.

relief is

then the next name burns into my mind like

Alex.

wouldn't do such a thing. My heart boils

in

be called a

the annet times

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we

planned together.

he realizes the mighty Alex, Mr. Know it all was played for a

we both shoot our gaze

something?" lan's voice reaches my ears as he

source of that glare is the way he's

my feet, to create some space when his eyes scan the room and land on the

moment." I respond to his earlier question and grab

he doesn't

instead places his hands in his coat as

unprofessional and

Alex's best friend so

casually in his

needs

to do it somewhere

says, his

the

loud.

twitch despite everything, and lan's nostrils

ignores him, but I don't miss the tightening of his jaw before

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