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"Who is this and what do you want?" Derek asked again. He sounded like he was about to end the call, so Andy dropped his show of acting mysterious and spoke quickly.

"I'm an erstwhile friend, turned enemy of Denise. I saw the interviews she was granting earlier today and I felt bad on your behalf, so I decided to come clean to you and help you in any way I can."

"I'm listening."

"I don't know if you are aware of this fact, but the child that just died isn't your biological child."

"Who exactly are you?"

"I'm Barry's biological father. Do you mind if we met somewhere private to discuss?" Andy asked.

"Actually no. I know how this is going to go, or at least I have a very good guess. You're going to ask for money so that you don't spill the secret to the public. Well, I don't care what you do or you don't do, okay? You can spill the secret to the public if you so wish. In fact, you will be doing me a great favor."

"I was hoping that you'd say that sir. I figured that you wouldn't want to
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Melani Maré-Botha
very good idea that it does not come from Derek, time for Denise to go down
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