He was staring at Tiffany as though the last five years were rearranging themselves behind his eyes.

“You knew,” he said.

“When you met me — you already knew.

You tried to take my child.”

“I didn’t know it was yours!” Tiffany’s voice tore out of her, high and desperate, loud enough now that heads turned all the way across the lawn.

“I didn’t know who she was!

Not until she brought the file into my office — I swear, Mike, I had no idea she was your—”

Chapter 8 — Built to Be Her Mother