ology, a victorious gleam dan

arry standing beside Brenden, startled b

aniela's paternity-he already had a son wi

eemed to symbolize the cruel irony that had

to check on your father earlier. The doctors said there's nothing

disbelief. "What

pers; now, a deat

a struggled to keep her balan

as though Corinna's father was merely a

ng here today was ending h

ded with artificial sympathy. "If you hurr

the emergency room w

cue Daniela. Now that her daughter was already gon

in stark white broke her restrai

id everything possible, but his injuries were to

na grasped the pen, every str

verything she cher

y, and she realized even Brenden'

use of B

so like Daniela's-sent a fresh wave of a

d intensely

ying, "Brinley, if you truly want to be Mrs. Roberts, meet me at the warehouse be

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to satisfaction. She hadn't anticipated the devastation wo

left the boy with Brenden and hurri

with the sharp smell of rot and neglect, almos

papers," Brinley said harshly,

calmly withdrawing a folded paper from her pocket. "H

pon seeing the document, though Corinn

r too diligently for this moment,

ced, her heels scraping noisily

ey tried to grab the document fr

d coldly. "Slow down, Brinley. You h