**Lynn's POV**

Agent Carson sits beside my hospital bed, notepad in hand.

"Your children are with Yanis and Wendy Hill, as you requested. Both are physically fine, though understandably distressed."

"I want to see them. Now."

"Soon." She clicks her pen. "But first—their father. You haven't listed a father on any documents. Birth certificates show 'father unknown.'"

My hands clench in my lap. "That's correct."

"Is Grayson Hamilton the father?"

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