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.

inside when James stopped him with an outstretched

little Mario is your son with Rosita. She'll never forgive Rosita. If you have any decency left, take your

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

tabloids have been full of stories about her giving you a son. And now you

when she delivered Irwin. She had to have a

James froze.

Rosita can't have children?

past James toward the kitchen. "I married Rosita so Mario could have

that Briony and Gwendolyn

both women

Briony's hand. "As long as

her

Garry, but little Mario's situation

herself, Briony just couldn't bring herself to send

were close. Out of respect for Carney, she felt it wasn't her place to force them

a bottle of whiskey and invited

had a driver and Carney was insistent,

side by side in their booster

up their food into child-sized bowls and tied on

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

hand, was more delicate; Carol

a piece of beef with her fork and

teeth were all healthy, and she chewed confidently-bite

take

noticed and smiled gently at him. "Look at how well Little Nina eats. Maybe you

in concentration, glancing down

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