They had been so carried away with what they were saying that they had not noticed the girl who had been watching them.

'Are you my father or what?' Deborah said at last.

Sharon was shocked. She had prayed that Bryan left before her daughter woke but she was already awake and she wondered how long she had been standing there listening to them. She hoped that she had not heard the part of her pregnancy. What difference did it make anyway, she would soon get to know anyhow.

Bryan was shocked. She ...