When Life Fades, the Heart Finds Peace
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After my wife gave birth, I cradled our baby in my arms, playfully cooing at him. “Be a good boy, sweetheart. Daddy’s right here.”
I pointed at my best friend, Nathan Gray, who was busying himself with something nearby. “And that’s your godfather.”
From the bed, Agnes Trelawny suddenly chimed in, “You’ve got it wrong.”
I thought I misheard her. However, she curled her lips into a lazy smirk and elaborated, “The baby’s Nathan’s. The night your father died, Nathan and I fucked all night long. We went through an entire box of condoms.”
I froze for a moment. My throat felt as though it had been stuffed with lead, and I could not force a single word out.
It took me a long time to finally cho