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Dave froze even though his whole being was like being struck by lightning. Are they not their father's children? How could that be? Is his mother having an affair with another man?

Nevertheless, the results of the investigation gave Dave an answer as why his father did not seem to care about them, why his father did not have the slightest love for them. It turned out to be because of this, because they were not their father's biological children, and because they somehow seemed to symbolize their father's betrayal, the betrayal of his unloved wife.

Then of course, it was natural for their father that he would devote all his attention to Angel, that girl, his flesh and blood, his biological child from the woman Dave was sure he loved very much.

“Did you say this to Daisy too?”

The investigator looked at Dave regretfully. “Of course I did. Again, I'm just doing what I have to do.”

No wonder Daisy was devastated by it. She had