The police knocked just as my son stood holding the twins his father abandoned—but what he said next changed everything and left them speechless

mattered.”

“I know.”

“Then why are you bringing this up now?”

Derek looked at me with unbearable guilt.

“Because I did the DNA test.”

I staggered backward.

“When?”

“Three years ago.”

“You tested my son behind my back?”

“I had to know.”

“And you left us because of it?”

“No!”

His voice cracked loudly enough to trigger another coughing fit.

He pressed shaking fingers continue reading …