Chapter 4 - WHAT DANIEL HIDAfter everyone left, Lily was asleep upstairs.
I stood in the kitchen.
Daniel remained by the window.
For five minutes, neither of us spoke.
Then I asked the question.
“Who is Lily's father?”
Daniel closed his eyes.
“You.”
“That isn't what I asked.”
He turned around.
“You are her mother.”
“And you are her father?”
“Yes.”
“Then why did Vanessa say otherwise?”
Daniel didn't answer.
I walked toward him.
“What happened seven years ago?”
He lowered his voice.
“Lily was born through an emergency procedure.”
“I know.”
“There was a mistake with the hospital records.”
“What mistake?”
He looked at me.
“The fertility clinic had another patient with the same last name.”
My blood went cold.
“What are you saying?”
Daniel's eyes filled with fear.
“They mixed up two embryo files.”
I couldn't breathe.
“Daniel…”
“Lily was implanted from an embryo that wasn't supposed to be ours.”
I stared at him.
“Then why did you never tell me?”
“Because the hospital corrected the records.”
“But you knew?”
“Yes.”
“Did you know before Lily was born?”
Daniel nodded.
I stepped backward.
“You let me raise her without telling me.”
“I was afraid you'd leave.”
I felt tears burn my eyes.
“And Vanessa knows?”
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Daniel didn't answer.
That was answer enough.
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