Chapter 1043

Summer wandered over and started taking off his clothes.

"Uncle Connor, I can bathe myself," he announced, his voice small but confident.

Connor reached out and gently ruffled Summer's hair. "Alright, I'll let you."

The bathtub was overflowing with bubbles, so thick that Summer's little body disappeared beneath the frothy surface. But Connor didn't leave. Instead, he sat down on the edge of the tub, staying close.

"Aaron, I want to talk to you. Just us, man to man," Connor said.

Summer, who had been quiet up until now, finally lifted his head. His big, dark eyes locked onto Connor's. "What is it?"

Connor hesitated, then asked, "Why do you want to go back to Japan?"

Summer looked away, his face turned toward the wall. "I'm not really Mom's child. Tim is. I shouldn't be here."

up and hugged them, like he was trying to make himself smaller, to disappear into the bubbles. He kept his face

do you know you're

My real dad is Lucas, my mom is Linda. And when my dad took Mom to Japan, I

surprised by how much the boy

carefully turned Summer's face towards him, his expression serious. "Do you know

Summer nodded, looking thoughtful

serious, like a

about it in a science book. Babies are made when an egg and sperm come together to make an embryo, and then it grows in the mother's womb. The embryo becomes a baby, and the baby is born from her

but be impressed. At only five, Summer explained it so

from person A's egg, but is put in person B's womb. When the baby is born, who do

it.

A is your mom, and B is Linda. Even though you were born from Linda, you have

across Summer's

long pause, he blurted out,

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