“The child's condition has worsened, Austin. I’m so sorry, but I don’t think he has much time left. We’ll try to make him as comfortable as possible in the meantime.” The doctor told Austin, who was sitting in a vacant chair and staring at his sleeping son … the son whom he hadn’t been there for in
By nighttime, just when he was planning to go out of the house without Christina’s knowledge and go explain things to Nora, he found out that Dylan could hardly breathe, so he rushed the boy to the best hospital in the city. In his haste, he forgot to take his phone along with him, and when he got
“Mommy! Watch this!” Little Jimmy cried excitedly as though he had something new to show his mother, and then proceeded to perform a trick that Nora had seen him perform countless times before. However, she dutifully smiled at him and pretended to be very enthralled by what he was doing. “That's re
Austin Lewis had always hated airports, and he did not think that the feeling was going to go away any time soon. The crowds, the noise, and the hustle and bustle, all irritated him to no end, but he had to pass through airports if he wanted to go for his business meetings. Maybe it was high time h
Austin dusted himself over, feeling embarrassed now that the whole fiasco was over. His whole cloth was dirty and dusty, but that was a small price to pay compared to the innocent life that he had most likely saved this afternoon. The little boy, who said his name was Jimmy when he was asked, clung
Austin shook his head and continued walking, but what the woman had said about the child looking like him stuck with him, and now that he thought about it, he wondered if she might not be right. The child’s face had been puffy and tear-streaked because of all the crying he had done, but still, somet
To say that Nora was shocked was a gross understatement. What on earth was Austin Lewis of all people doing in her restaurant? So much for believing that she still had her son to herself. She strongly suspected that Austin somehow knew that he was the father of her child and was here to make trouble
Even though she had clearly been caught in a lie, Nora refused to be embarrassed. She raised her chin and glared at Austin's smirking face defiantly, daring him to do his worst. Who was he to judge her when he was the king of liars and deceivers himself? “So what if I lied? I sure as hell am not go