At last, after crying her heart out, Emma's emotions gradually settled, and she finally found the composure to recount the entire truth to Sigourney, everything she had concealed over the years.

"First of all, Lucas is indeed the son of me and Ray Baines; he's Lucas's father now."

Emma spoke slowly, her eyes unable to hide the sorrow in her face as she recalled the past.

"Back then, as you already know, your father Mark and I had a betrothal. We were supposed to marry one day, sealing a ...