Family Dinner

Aurora found the situation utterly bewildering, yet couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Her ridiculous father had abandoned his wife and daughter, only to find that two of the three children he'd painstakingly raised weren't even his own.

Aurora couldn't contain her laughter, but Heath wrapped her in his arms and said, "Rory, you're crying."

After a few seconds of silence, Aurora burst into tears. Kieran and Jay tactfully made their exit, leaving Aurora to sob uncontrollably in Heath's embrace.

Her foolish mother, what kind of man had she married?

A man of hypocrisy, selfishness, and failure, while her mother, who appeared as graceful as a princess, had wasted her entire life on him.

Had anyone ever questioned Madeline's past or the parentage of the three children, perhaps her mother wouldn't have ended her days in depression.

Heath held her, gently patting her back, and said, "Rory, it's all in the past now."

Sniffling, Aurora replied, "Yes, it's in the past."

"What do you plan to