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Enraged, Laura stood up and faced her husband "How dare you say that? You know full well she is yours"

Teresa began to inch farther away

Mathew glared at his wife and put his face closer to hers "Well, you'll never be able to prove it now They cremated her"

Not the least bit intimidated, Laura put her hands on her hips "I don't believe that girl is our daughter I don't believe it for one single second"

"You just don't want to believe it She is gone, Laura, dead and gone"

Laura narrowed her eyes for a ly smiled "Just a few more days and you will lose it all All those years - squandered when you could have been happy with Karen, or Stephanie - or was it Helena you truly gave your heart to? What a dreary life you have lived"

Mathew doubled his fist He looked like he was going to hit her, but he walked to the front door instead "Have another drink, Laura, that's all you kno to do"

"I shall, and Mathew, be here at eight o'clock sharp, or I will leave without you"

"I'll be here" He walked out and sla, Laura was not that strong, and as soon as he was gone, she sunk back into her chair "How I hate thatfrom me"

She was truly terrified, and it took aback She hter died?"

"If you believe Mathew, she did I don't believe hiet what he wanted"

"But you do have a daughter?"

"A daughter I have never seen" She got up, went to the liquor cabinet, and poured her fifth straight shot of the evening "I was in a coma for days after she was born When I came out of it, Mathew had hidden my baby from me"

"How?"

"I do not knoas too ill to know anything at all I do re the baby was fine Mathew assuredwell cared for, and I believed him If it wasn't for the ultrasounds, I'd not even knoas a girl"

"You nearly died?"

"So they said" She downed that drink and reached for the bottle again "How panicked my poor Mathew must have been If he lost me, he would lose the trust fund and the inheritance"

Teresa was totally shocked "Fro, you didn't knohere your baby was?"