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“They went through all that trouble; there’s no way they’re giving anything back. What do you think this is, a joke?”

“True.” Tessa agreed.

That old scumbag Dale was probably about to lose his mind.

“I’m just curious,” Stella said. “If Dale’s not your dad, then who is? I’ve seen pictures of him–your eyes look exactly like his.”

There was a resemblance, but now that Diana had said Tessa wasn’t his daughter, they were inclined to believe her.

‘How would I know?” Tessa huffed. “My mom wouldn’t say!”

Hearing the hint of gossip in Stella’s voice, Tessa pouted.

‘Whoever it is,” Stella said dryly, “as long as it’s not that old scumbag, it’s fine by me.”

After all these years, they’d seen plenty of awful men–but a man who knew he had a child and still refused to acknowledge them? That was a new low.

‘Exactly,” Tessa muttered.

‘Hey, enough about me,” she added quickly. “You’d better watch out for the Tom family! And does this have anything to do with Mr. Derrick?”

‘What would it have to do with him? Derrick cut ties with the Tom family a long time ago.”

It clearly had nothing to do with Derrick.

But the fact that Reese turned out to be Mona’s daughter–that, Stella hadn’t seen coming at all.

No wonder Mona had never once visited Kelly all these years.

said she felt sorry for her daughter, but when Kelly was sent away, Mona never

was afraid

had never forbidden

had stayed away. So Kelly was never her biological daughter to begin

Reese… is she Mr. Tom’s biological daughter?” Tessa

not,” Stella replied

coming to light now only meant that Mona had been

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been brought into the Tom

point. This whole thing’s just

Tessa sounded completely exasperated.

Falvaria–most of the big ones–are all

one messier than the

few more

was sitting there with a cup of coffee in

call, Melissa set her cup down and asked, “Is that enough information

and walked over to sit across

at her earnestly. “Stella, that pregnancy test wasn’t mine. I’m convinced it was

The name wasn’t

just brought

studied it. The woman

shot was taken from a distance, but even so, Stella could tell immediately–the

I saw that,” Melissa said quickly, “I started digging. She’s been copying you in

“I can see it.”

haircut–it was all