"Why didn鈥檛 you tell me you had a son?" Dorothy repeated, her voice calm, though her eyes burned red as tears threatened to fall.

Stefan stood motionless. His silence shattered her. She wanted it to be a lie so badly鈥攂ut his lack of denial said everything.

"How did you find out?" he finally spoke.

Dorothy laughed鈥攄ry, painful laughter that echoed off the walls. "How did I find out? So you were never going to tell me? Just going to keep pretending? Keep lying to ...