Jeffrey was seething with regret.

"Why didn't I just listen..." he muttered to himself.

"Dad, I really messed up this time." Before he met Karen, Jeffrey felt a gaping void within him that he tried to fill with a parade of women and endless partying. But once Karen came into his life, he realized that all the space inside him could be perfectly occupied by just one person.

How could he undo his past follies? Was it Karen's fault for entering his life too late? Huxley glanced over at Paige. "Jeffrey, what others do to you, that's their business. But if you leave yourself open to being hurt, that's on you. Don't play the victim. Remember this—you can only change yourself, not anyone else." Jeffrey hung his head, speechless.

Over the years, he'd caroused through bars, living it up, ignoring his father's repeated chastisements, even believing that his dad, consumed with his business, didn't love him.

Now, the bitter taste of truth was his to bear.

could I have endured?" "That's your concern,

consumed with thoughts of Karen and their unborn child. How could he possibly make amends? Her concerns were valid.

lingered until finally, the doctor came out with

closest,

page, then

a biological match between her and Iris. But the

I double-checked the room number before entering. I even called Arthur to make sure you were in there..." "Then go ask Arthur about it." Jeffrey had no time to untangle this mess now.

hurried out of City Hospital,

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