Chapter 295

James pressed his lips together, his expression grave as he gave a heavy nod.

Briony's knife slipped from her hand and clattered onto the cutting board.

"Careful!" James rushed forward and pulled her out of harm's way.

The sudden commotion startled Gwendolyn White, who quickly turned off the stove and spun around to look at Briony.

Seeing Briony's stricken face, Gwendolyn frowned. "What's wrong?"

Briony's complexion was ashen, her eyes rimmed red.

Rosita had killed her son.

And what had she just done?

She had just held that child in her arms...

Briony closed her eyes, trying to steady her emotions. "Have Garry take the boy and leave. Right now."

She knew the child was innocent.

But his mother was the one who had killed her son.

Gwendolyn steadied Briony and called out to James, "Why are you standing there? Go, now!"

James let out a weary sigh and walked out of the kitchen-nearly colliding with Garry in the hallway.

stopped

knows little Mario is your son with Rosita. She'll never forgive Rosita. If

met his gaze, his expression unreadable. "Mario is my son, but Rosita

with Rosita for four years. The tabloids have been full of stories about her giving you

delivered Irwin. She had to have a hysterectomy.

James froze.

Rosita can't have children?

James toward

spoke loudly enough that Briony and Gwendolyn could hear everything

a moment, both women

"As long as he isn't

pressed her

for Garry, but little Mario's situation

just couldn't

Out of respect for Carney, she felt it wasn't

dinner, Carney pulled out a bottle of whiskey and

and Carney was insistent,

sat side by side in their

food into child-sized bowls and tied

been encouraging her to eat on her own since she was a year old, and by now, at age four, she was a

the other hand, was more delicate; Carol had always fed

piece of beef with her fork and pop it into her mouth, he stared, wide-eyed, a look of awe on his

ate with gusto. Her baby teeth were all healthy, and she chewed confidently-bite of food, bite of

Mario couldn't take

at how well Little Nina eats. Maybe you could try it

concentration, glancing down at the fork

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