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His father looked at hi as he cleared his throat "Lillian, Gavin and Emily have some… news they want to share" His eyes locked on Gavin’s with such solemn seriousness, Gavin wanted to leave and take Emily as far away as possible to somewhere no one would ever find the on"

Reaching for Emily’s hand, Gavin turned to her and placed a soft kiss on her quivering lips "I love you" His eyes traced over her face as he pulled away

"I love you too," she said softly

"What’s going on, Gavin?" Lillian asked with a furroary brow of a probing mother

After a nant and… the baby may not be mine"

Lillian’s face melted into pure astonish of her white skin and flabbergasted, slacked jailderaze roamed over E a child with so her hand to her chest "I guess my impression of you was incorrect, Emily I mistook you for a woman ould stay faithful to my son"

Eh the thousands of words flying around in her scattered brain

"Now, Lillian, wait a minute She’s been faithful to Gavin There’s more to the story than you know," Chad pointed out with the shake of his head "Hear thenant breath, her eyes battering her husband "You knew about this and didn’t tell me?" Her attention flew to Gavin "Is there a reason I’ve been left in the dark?"

"Yeah, mom, there is" Gavin leaned his elbow on the table "I anticipated this exact reaction froo ahead and leave right now"

Thick, tense silence coated the room before Lillian blinked her heavily ht turn into a statue if she accidentallysolely on Gavin "What happened?" she asked, her voice softer while she raised both eyebrows at him

Eer and sadness clouding her face She felt ill, and in that h the conversation without heaving Lips parting without a word, E for hiether after she and Dillon broke up the first time"

"This is the same Dillon you’re friends with?" Lillian interrupted "Your broker?"

"The saerlike that happen, Gavin? I’ here, but it doesn’t sound like any of this ended very well" Lillian swung her eyes to Chad, her face dripping with o off with their friends’ girlfriends?"