Shattered Longings

Chapter 16 The Child Isn’t His

Lia was referring to Dominic when she mentioned Bella’s nemesis. Bella shook her head, feeling dejected, and confided everything she had discovered to Lia.

Lia was like a startled squirrel, suddenly handed a juicy, unexpected piece of gossip. Her eyes widened in disbelief.

Lia did her best to show her support to her best friend. “I think… the one who deserves all the blame here is your father. And even if Dominic’s dad had feelings for your mom, it has nothing to do with you. Don’t get too caught up in it.”

Bella felt a deep frustration welling up inside her. She took a big gulp of beer, but it did nothing to wash away the suffocating feeling.

After going through Dorothy’s belongings, Bella knew there was something else she needed to do. She had to find her father and deliver the letters Dorothy never had the chance to send. That man needed to know he was a heartless bastard who had ruined a woman’s life.

Suddenly, a familiar woman’s voice cut through the air

“Dr. Jones, what a surprise. I never would’ve thought that someone so serious in a white coat would end up in a place like this after hours.”

Mandy had appeared out of nowhere. Bella looked up at the woman dressed in revealing and gaudy. clothes. She felt disgusted, probably because she was Dominic’s lover.

no intention of responding. Lia stepped in. “Dr. Jones, you seem to run into your patients everywhere, huh? And who says

Bella. “Dr. Jones, are

eyes. “What does that have to do with you? Why don’t

to tell you the other day at the hospital was…

taken

Dominic have a photo of her on his

kept up her mysterious air, her

seen Bella’s picture on Dominic’s phone, shouldn’t

but she tried to probe gently, “You just

laughter. “Why would he care about me? You don’t actually think the baby I aborted was his

stunned again.

getting into the big leagues. But no, the father is just some notorious playboy who never takes responsibility. Just

the child’s father was. Her mind

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had a photo of her on his