Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Brooklyn

He pauses at the door, still for a moment. Then, slowly, he turns.

"Hudson?" he asks, his eyes close upon me.

I nod vigorously. "Hudson, your son? He's..." I bite my lip, suddenly embarrassed. "He's my boyfriend."

Aden laughs then-a real, shocked laugh. He wipes a hand down his face, shaking his head.

"My son Hudson is your boyfriend," he says, repeating my words and looking up at the ceiling in disbelief.

I nod again, biting my lip against the tiny white lie-

he's not my boyfriend anymore, after all. But I'm desperate for this to work.

"Well, isn't that...serendipitous," he says.

Aden is still for a moment and then strides across the room, back towards me. When he gets to the lounge he grabs me by the elbow, pulling me to my feet, shaking me so that I pay attention to his words. "Brooklyn, you little fool, don't you know who you are?" His voice is angry, as if frustrated by my incompetence.

"I'm-I'm-" My face is lost in confusion. I just told him who I am...

"Who you are, Brooklyn. Haven't you ever asked any questions about your mother? Your biological father?" He shakes my arm again as if trying to jog my memory.

open in shock, confusion. How

standing close to me now, glaring down into my

it into

do so, watching the action. Slowly, he exhales and, for an instant,

are pressed together, the heat

me as my

this man doing

he lets

been keeping secrets from you. The woman who owned that knife was Catalina O'Leary, the mistress of Lennox Remington." He looks me up and down, crossing his arms. "We did a DNA test," he continues, "against a secure sample about an hour ago. Your name isn't Knox,

for you for

leaving me. I stare into the

never

bi gical dad, never felt any need or desire to. There was one picture of me as a baby with my mother, standing next to a strange man, though I was never really curious. I have no idea Where

But could it be?

my mother are of

as red

How could she...?

mistress? Me, the daughter

I take it from Aden's hand with shaking fingers and see

is a biological match for paternity

breathe, looking up at

lucky I found you," he

back to myself a little

be harassed in a strip

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