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"Yes yes yes ere to be married" The woman stared off into space "My father insisted, your father hter Your father refused because he knew I did not want tohim to marry Carol-your mother"

"Why did you not want to stonI certainly would not marry a man who loved someone else"

"Who is the woman?"

"You would have to ask your father about that I did not care to knoho she was"

"He has neverin love with another woman"

"Has he told you how much he loved your mother?"

"He never talks about her"

"It was traumatic for him when she died, no doubt"

"Were you there when the baby was born?"

"What baby?"

Hayley blushed "Me When I was born, were you there?"

"Of course I barely left your mother's side"

"So you were there the whole time"