Chapter Forty: Not Too Late

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Beth I wasn’t crying because I was sad. I wasn’t even crying out of self-pity for all the crap I’d been through in the last seven years. No, I was crying in relief. The secret of Lucy’s paternity had been gnawing at me for seven years, like an ulcer that would never heal. I hated the secrecy, I hated the lies, but at the time I was so young and scared that I didn’t think I had any other option. And back then I had trusted Gabriel. I thought that, apart from being Raphael’s brother, Gabe was also my best friend. When he promised to take care of me, and take care of the baby, I believed him. No doubt that there would be consequences, now that the truth was out, but I felt like I could face them, as long as I could be truthful. “Lucy,” I quickly wiped away my tears and squatted down t

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