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Dex didn’t move. He didn’t even breathe. “I have a son.” It wasn’t a question, but a statement of fact.

“Yes,” Alyson said finally.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” he demanded.

“I couldn’t take the chance. I was afraid you’d try to take him away from me.”

His face flushed with anger. “You should have trusted me to do the right thing. You should have damn well told me.”

She let his anger buffet her. He was right. She’d known it in her heart all along. She should have told him. Despite her fear. Despite the risk. “I’m here now. I’m telling you now.”

“Why are you here now, Alyson? Why did you pick tonight of all nights to tell me I had a son?”

“Because…” She forced her words through the thickness in her throat, through the fear tightening her lips. “Because he’s gone.”