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“Truth be known” Missy was choking back tears

“Dad broke e now “She’s barely been able to work”

“What do you do?” Liam asked

“She’s a registered nurse She works for a doctor’s office here in town When Dad called and told her they were through”

With a hiccup, Missy said, “It’s all right, sweetie I’m fine I’ll be fine” She turned to Liam “I loved your father—blindly, apparently I was so shocked when he broke things off”

“You teren’t having problems?”

“Notwo lives”

“Did you ever suggestto Denver?” Gabrielle asked

“Of course

Walter valued our anonyive it up And then there was Lialanced his way

“Did he tell you why he kept you hidden from me?” Liam’s chin jutted forward as he shoved his hands in his pockets

“He said you’d never understandbecause of your mother And then, laterere years deep in our secret He said that telling you would cause problems that we didn’t need”

Gabrielle watched the expressions chasing theht have made trouble His father still should have trusted hiht to know

Gabrielle stepped forward around the desk, easing closer to Lias?”

“He’s a billionaire Nothing here he couldn’t replace He even had copies of his files” She looked into the box she’d been sorting through Probably figuring none of theto Walter