Chapter 37

• *JACKSON*
• I’d been to the hospital once in the five years during which Chantelle and I tried for a child. The doctor had clearly said I was fine so I saw no reason to go back. I didn’t even have any lingering doubts that the problem may be from me and not from my mate so once Irene came to me with a child; I accepted her without a second thought. In the first place, I didn’t think of Irene as someone who’d ever be involved in paternity fraud. I’d thought I was the only man who had access to her so it didn’t even occur to me that the child may not be mine.
• “What – What –“ My mother jumped up and then swayed on her feet. “You mean that baby – that bastard in your belly –“ She pointed a finger at Irene who was staggering to her feet. “James!” Mother bellowed. “Explain yourself!”