Chapter 8

I didn't defend myself. I didn't tell him that he'd been calling my name, "Doris," while he kissed me that night. I knew it wasn't love. It was only a brief moment where he recognized me, nothing more.

That night was when I got pregnant with Oliver.

For the next few days, I stayed with Nathan in his villa, but he was rarely there. After Oliver was born, he was almost impossible to find. I used to think he avoided me because he believed I was trying to trap him with the baby. Now, I realize he actually doubted that Oliver even his.

was

Because of this foolish suspicion, he indirectly caused the death of his

own son.

absurdity of it all

you think this 'other man' is?" I asked,

sarcasm.

bowl onto the bedside table and stood up angrily. "You know better than I do about these kinds of things," he

things?" I

at me, as if he wanted to say something, but then he

His Pleas, But Our Son's in

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it. I don't want

up his

to get up and walked outside, wandering into a nearby park. I sat on

had been healthy, he would've

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