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And he had a right to be part of his life, but what sort of upheaval would that cause for Sam, not toout the ier knehich as up, let alone as a lie or the truth!

Scarlet, totally focused on convincing hi to let him take Saed into the soft flesh of her palms

‘Sam’s life is with me,’ she asserted loudly

Roman inhaled sharply and his hands fell from her shoulders ‘He is ether If we’re friends’

‘Friends? Even if none of this had happened we could never be friends,’ she asserted hotly

On this at least Scarlet could be totally confident How could you be friends with someone whose way of life was a total anathe in common and someone who, furthermore,manner?

Irritation showed in his deep-set shadowed eyes as he heard her out

‘A little bit of give and take here—would it be too h his already disordered hair

Scarlet experienced an irrational urge to sive Sam, and you take him! Sam is three—where were you when he had chicken pox? Were you there to hold his hand when they stitched up his head when he fell off his bike?’

‘I didn’t know I had a son’

So far he’d only thought about the changes having a son was going to make to his life For the first tis he had already s he would never see, like the child’s first steps He was unprepared for the feeling of profound loss

‘And now you do, so what? Are you going to change your entire lifestyle?’ I don’t think so ‘It’s obvious you haven’t thought this through What do you plan to do—fit Sa your nextyour next supermodel? You can’t walk in here and demand to be part of Sam’s life’p????e

‘I’’

‘That’s not the way it looks fro’

‘There are things I can give Sam’

‘Money—?’ she suggested scornfully

‘Financial security, certainly,’ he agreed levelly

‘Well, that was predictable I wondered when the pound sign would start flashing’ She raised an eyebrow and produced a disdainful sniff ‘Well, you can put your cheque-book ae don’t want your money,’ she completed contemptuously