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73. Absence

Author: Cord3lia
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BRANDON

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“You sure this is what you want?”

I nodded. After I dropped Gianna off at her home, I had already come to my decision. I still felt guilty about it but that didn’t mean I wasn’t going to go through with it.

“I just want you to be very sure this is what you want. I don’t want you to regret it later.”

“Why? You’re certain she won’t be mine, aren’t you?”

“I’m not saying Bailey lied to you, but with the way I’ve seen her act, she’s not above it.”

I kissed my teeth at Ethan’s words. They made sense. I understood why he was hesitant about me going through with the test. Bailey had acted out in front of him several times and he didn’t like her. He didn’t want me to be in a situation where Charlotte wasn’t my child.

“It won’t change anything,” I assured him even if I was the one who needed the assurance. I had asked him to accompany me to a private clinic this morning and he was even more nervous than I was. “I just don’t want to keep second-guessing. Not when I look at her and st
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