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“Papá,” she continued, “our regrets have nothing to do with giving Amara her child There is no reason to keep the boy from her She is his mother”

Lightning fast, he turned on his daughter and hissed, “There is every reason to keep him from her! She does not know, but we do She does not kno to deal with the illness, the furor We can s with this boy We knohat not to do This time, it will be different”

Alance Gabriela also appeared confused

“I think, perhaps, the shock has been too great for you,” Gabriela said “You are not a young man and —”

Rodolfo slammed his hand down on the arm of his chair “I a Now re more to say to them”

“You can’t steal a baby because your son is dead and you want a second chance He isn’t your child He belongs to them” Gabriela waved at Amara and Quint

“He does not She would not kno to handle hi to randson, and I have rights, too!”

Gabriela, Arandson?

“He is not your grandson,” Amara said “Were you not told that Frederik lied to you about being Hampton’s father?”

“I told him that,” Gabriela said, “before we came down here Do you remember, Papá?”

“I remember you tell me lies”

“No, Papá It’s true The child’s father is sitting right there Hampton is Señor Forbes’ son”

Rodolfo jumped up from his seat “I will hear no more of this I cannot help these people find what is not theirs I will right the wrongs of the past, and they will thank me for it because we are the ones ill kno to deal with this child if he is like his father And I think he will be We will be the ones toMy son’s death It would be all for —”

The door to the sitting roolided into the room

“Ma her arm