Chapter 201

Brandon went back home in the dead of night.

The neon lights outside were starting to fade into oblivion. The whole world was dozing off.

Two years of living solo, and he'd never really gotten the hang of it. In the still of the night, thoughts of Sophia would creep up on him. Getting used to life with her wasn't something another habit could replace.

Heaving a long sigh, Brandon headed to the closet, dragged out a suitcase from the corner cabinet, grabbed a few outfits off the rack, and began packing.

There was a merger deal to discuss in Skyrim City in a couple of days; planning a business trip right now seemed like the perfect way to distract himself.

As he popped open the suitcase and was about to tuck in the neatly folded clothes, the sight of a yellowed piece of paper in a mesh pocket made him pause.

The back of the paper still bore the messy creases. This was the same suitcase he'd used for a trip to Wye City two years back, and that creased piece of paper was the DNA paternity test report.

of the day Sophia went to

out to get her some food; she didn't want to see him, so he paid someone

pass by, he felt a

it wasn't for that paternity test, if it wasn't for their talk about

he didn't throw it away, he stuffed it into the

at the slightly yellowed paper for a while, then slowly placed the clothes back

paper under his fingers instantly took him back to that afternoon, the call from Susan telling him Sophia was at the hospital, deciding not to keep the baby. He'd rushed over,

around, and crammed the crumpled report into the vanity drawer. Out of sight, out of mind. Kent only got the heads-up about joining Brandon on the trip the next morning. Caught off guard by the last-minute notice, he couldn't fathom why Brandon suddenly needed to hit the road, and for

wasn't in a position to pry; he hurriedly got ready and drove over to the Crawley family estate to pick

why the sudden

airport,

"Work calls."

on his thighs, fingers dancing across the keyboard, all his focus on the merger

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