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2021-07-16 00:13:00"It's not Jameson," she weakly uttered.
"Then who is it? I know he's the only per--"
Louisa's head lowered, "What I meant was his name is not Jameson. It's Mason." She corrected for the umpteenth time in years. "He's Gianna's father and he's back in the country."
There was a hum from Marley, "Where's he been all this while?"
"Australia," she muttered, "For further studies." She added as if it would hush her brother's rage towards him, that he didn't deliberately run away from his responsibilities.
"Did he know you were with child?" His unusually cold voice froze her mouth for a split second.
"He didn't."
"Are you defending him?"
"I'm not. He didn't know I was with child, for real, even though I was about telling him the day...the day I ran away from home but--"
"But he didn't give you a listening ear," He sternly completed. "So he's back and wants to claim his rights as Gianna's dad, right?"
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