"You can take Harry away. Harry doesn't want his daddy, but I want mine. Harry chose you, and I'll choose Daddy," Esther told Beverly.Beverly gaped at the little girl in bewilderment. Had James told her everything?When Esther noted the ashen look on Beverly's face, she wrapped her little arms around her mother's neck."Promise you'll come visit me, Mommy. I'll miss you so much that I won't be able to sleep," Esther said in a soft, honeyed voice, then buried her face in the crook of Beverly's neck, nuzzling it. "Mommy, please don't leave Daddy. I don't want to end up without a daddy like Harry."Esther breathed in Beverly's familiar, comforting fragrance.Tears sprang to Beverly's eyes at once as she murmured in Esther's ear, "I'm sorry. I really am. But you'll understand when you grow up."She couldn't leave Esther in James' care. She drew the line at that.A while later, she carried Esther into James' lounge, where James and Harold were playing chess. It seemed James knew e
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