Nancy\u2019s life is turned upside down at her husband\u2019s funeral when she encounters an older woman holding a baby. The woman claims the child she is carrying is Nancy\u2019s late husband\u2019s. Is she lying? Or do more shocking revelations await Nancy?Nancy looked at the final traces of her husband\u2019s funeral service. She couldn\u2019t believe Patrick was gone. He had died in a car accident. It had been a week, but she could still feel him around her. How could he be dead?With a heavy heart, she headed toward the cemetery\u2019s exit, telling herself she had to start figuring out the rest of her life.Suddenly, an older woman with a baby blocked her path.\u201dAre you Nancy?\u201d the woman asked while the baby in her arms cried.Nancy didn\u2019t recognize her. Who was she?\u201c\n
I am. Who are you?\u201d Nancy replied.Nancy\u2019s heart wasn\u2019t ready when the woman, Amanda, revealed the baby in her arms was Patrick\u2019s child.\u201dOnly you can look after this child now,\u201d she told Nancy. \u201cHer mother can\u2019t provide for her.\u201dA shiver ran down Nancy\u2019s spine. She stared at the baby and backed away.\u201dNo, it can\u2019t be! Patrick was a loving husband. He would never do this to me!\u201dNancy turned around and left. She would never doubt Patrick.\u201dWatch out!\u201dNancy bumped into one of Patrick\u2019s old friends, Mike. She was too lost in her thoughts to notice where she was heading.Mike started chatting with her, offering his condolences. Nancy didn\u2019t want to talk to anyone, but she had to be courteous. She finished the conversation as soon as she could and headed to her car.The baby\u2019s thoughts replayed in her mind, but she dismissed them. However, as Nancy opened her car door, she was shocked. The same baby lay in her back seat, crying.\n
Nancy looked around. Amanda was nowhere to be seen. \u201cHow did this baby even get here?\u201d she wondered.It was cold, so Nancy removed her jacket and began wrapping it around the little one.But she froze when she noticed a birthmark on the baby\u2019s neck. \u201cIt can\u2019t be,\u201d she muttered to herself.The birthmark was exactly like Patrick\u2019s. Nancy didn\u2019t want to suspect her late husband of cheating. But now, she needed the truth. She needed to know if Patrick had been unfaithful to her.Nancy drove home with the baby, took Patrick\u2019s hair strands from his hairbrush, and went to a hospital.\u201dHello, I\u2019d like to get a paternity test done,\u201d she told the receptionist at the counter.\u201dOK, ma\u2019am. Normally, it takes a few days to get the results,\u201d the woman said.\u201dCan it be done quicker?\u201d Nancy asked. \u201cI\u2019ll pay extra.\u201d\u201dWell, we do have expedited service. Let me see what I can do. But it will cost you more.\u201d\u201dI\u2019ll take it,\u201d Nancy replied.\n
She submitted Patrick\u2019s samples and paid for the test.Sitting in the hallway, she was awaiting the results when the baby started crying. Nancy sniffed the baby\u2019s clothes. Her diaper didn\u2019t need a change.Nancy guessed she must have been hungry. There was still time before the results came in, so she drove to a supermarket and bought baby formula, bottles, and a few diapers \u2014 just in case she needed them.She returned to the hallway and sat there, feeding the formula to the baby. After what seemed like an eternity, a nurse approached her with the results.The woman handed her an envelope and walked away.This is the truth, and I\u2019ll have to accept it whether I like it or not,\u201d Nancy thought as she opened the results.Her head seemed to spin when she read the words, \u201cPaternity rate \u2013 99%.\u201dNancy looked at the sleeping baby in her arms and swallowed the tears in her eyes. Patrick had cheated on her and kept her in the dark.\n
Nancy decided she would not live with the proof of his infidelity forever. She would find the baby\u2019s mother and give the baby back to her.Pulling herself together, Nancy drove home and began going through Patrick\u2019s things. But she didn\u2019t find anything that could point her to his lover. She moved to his office next, searching his drawers, files, and cabinets. But nothing.Nancy sighed. The baby was asleep in the living room. Grabbing the baby monitor, she headed to Patrick\u2019s car. She searched under the seats, in the glove compartment, and in all the nooks and crannies of the vehicle. But she didn\u2019t find anything significant.Nancy sank into the driver\u2019s seat when her eyes landed on the GPS. And it was then it hit her.\n
Patrick was terrible at directions and always used the navigator. If he had ever visited his mistress\u2019 house, that is where she would find her address.Nancy went straight to recent destinations on the navigator. The list wasn\u2019t long, mostly familiar places: local restaurants, the hardware store, and Patrick\u2019s office. But then, one address caught her eye\u2014it appeared more frequently than others, and she didn\u2019t recognize it.\u201cThis is it,\u201d she thought. She took the baby with her and drove to the address.***Arriving there, Nancy found herself in front of a modest house. She scooped the baby in her arms, walked to the front door, and knocked.\u201dHello? Anyone home?\u201d she asked.After the tenth knock, when nobody answered the door, Nancy concluded the house was empty. She looked around and decided to approach the neighbors.\n
She started with the house next door and rang the doorbell.door opened with a creak, and Nancy\u2019s eyes widened when Amanda stepped out.\u201dYou?\u201d Nancy asked.\u201dHow\u2026how did you find me?\u201d Amanda stuttered.\u201dI was trying to find my husband\u2019s\u2026\u201d Nancy paused. \u201cHis other woman. I wanted to return her baby.\u201dA strange sadness flashed across Amanda\u2019s face. \u201cThe woman who lived next door\u2026 died a few days ago. She had a heart attack when she learned about your husband\u2019s accident. Emma is no more.\u201d\u201dWait\u2026did you say Emma?\u201d Nancy asked, shocked.\u201dYes,\u201d Amanda nodded. \u201cDid you know her?\u201dWas\u2026Was her last name Warren?\u201dWhen Amanda nodded, Nancy hung her head in shame. \u201cCan-Can I come inside?\u201d she asked. \u201cThere\u2019s something I\u2019d like to tell you. I feel I could use some talk.\u201dAmanda opened the door wider for her, and Nancy stepped inside. They settled in the living room. \u201cEmma was my classmate,\u201d Nancy began recounting her past. \u201cShe was also my friend. But I wronged her and\u2026Patrick\u2026\u201d20 years ago\u2026Nancy and Patrick were in their school\u2019s hallway.\n
She was standing next to her locker when Patrick approached her.\u201dHey, Nancy,\u201d he said quietly, and she looked at him.\u201dI\u2026I need to tell you something,\u201dPatrick added anxiously.\u201dHey,\u201d she smiled. \u201cYes?\u201dI\u2026I\u2019m in love with someone else, Nancy,\u201d he confessed. \u201cI know you\u2019ve been really kind and everything, but I\u2019m sorry.\u201dNancy was shocked. \u201cTell me it\u2019s a joke, Patrick,\u201d she cried. \u201cYou can\u2019t be serious!\u201dBut Patrick was serious. Patrick was head over heels in love with Emma, and Emma loved him, too.Nancy was so distraught that day that she returned home in tears.\u201dSweetie, what\u2019s wrong?\u201d Her mother immediately sensed something had happened at school.Nancy sobbed as she told her how Patrick had broken up with her.\u201dI want to break them up!\u201d she yelled. \u201cI won\u2019t let them be together!\u201d\u201dNancy, you won\u2019t be able to create your own happiness by destroying someone else\u2019s,\u201d her mother advised her. \u201cRevenge is never an option. Forget about him.\u201d\n
But Nancy was fueled with the desire for revenge.In the next few days, Nancy tried everything she could to drive Patrick and Emma apart\u2014she spread silly rumors, planned coincidental run-ins where she\u2019d flaunt newfound confidence, and even stooped to sending anonymous notes, trying to stir up jealousy.However, nothing worked. Emma seemed happy, wrapped up in her and Patrick\u2019s world and Nancy was left on the outside, her plans crumbling uselessly around her.But Nancy wasn\u2019t the one to give up. One night, she had the perfect idea to drive a wedge between Emma and Patrick.\u201dHello, Nancy, how are you?\u201d Nancy visited Patrick, and the door was answered by thismother.\u201dI\u2019m fine, Mrs. White. Is Patrick home?\u201d\u201dYes, dear. Let me get him.\u201dPatrick was confused to see her on his doorstep. \u201cNancy? What\u2019s going on?\u201d\u201dIknow this will come as a shock to you, Patrick, but\u2026I\u2019m-I\u2019m pregnant!\u201d she announced.\n
Patrick was shocked and terrified. \u201cWhat\u2026but\u2026Are you sure?\u201dWhen she nodded, Patrick invited her inside. She told him she hadn\u2019t told her parents yet because she was scared. Nancy said her father would definitely be against it and force her to terminate the pregnancy. So she begged Patrick not to tell anyone about it and noticed how easily he succumbed to her lie.Patrick was a responsible guy. Nancy knew that. He held her hands and said, \u201cI\u2019m the child\u2019s father, so I\u2019ll take the responsibility for our baby. And yes, don\u2019t worry; this will stay between us.\u201dPresent-day\u2026\u201cI used him. I lied to him. I wasn\u2019t pregnant,\u201d Nancy told Amanda.\n
\u201cI was hurt, and I couldn\u2019t stand losing him to Emma. So I told him a lie that changed everything. He was ready to step up, leave Emma, and be\u2026a father.\u201d\u201dLies ruin everything, dear,\u201d Amanda shook her head. \u201cAnd what after that? Did he never find out the truth?\u201dHe didn\u2019t,\u201d Nancy revealed. \u201cI kept up the act, the morning sickness, the whole thing. But after a couple of months, I\u2026I couldn\u2019t carry on with it. So, I told him there was a mistake with the test and that the doctor was wrong. And by then, Emma had\u2026moved. She was heartbroken and had left town with her parents. Patrick and I stayed together. He never went back to her, never tried to find her. We just moved on. Or pretended to\u2026\u201d Nancy added, looking at the sleeping baby in her arms. Now she knew Patrick had returned to Emma.\u201dAnd I guess it\u2019s time to correct what I couldn\u2019t back then,\u201d Nancy said and rose to her feet.She was leaving Amanda\u2019s house with the baby when the older woman stopped her.\u201dWhat are you going to do with the baby?\u201d Amanda asked.Nancy turned around and smiled at Amanda. \u201cI will raise her as my own child. Maybe that\u2019ll help me seek forgiveness from Patrick and Emma.\u201dAnd Nancy followed through on her words. She raised baby Catherine with love. When Catherine turned 16, Nancy told her everything about her past. She was expecting Catherine to hate her.\n
And she was prepared for it.But Catherine smiled and said, \u201cNothing changes how I feel about you, Mom. You raised me. You were there for every scraped knee, every fever, every heartbreak. You\u2019re my mom in every way that counts.\u201dNancy cried silently and hugged her daughter. Catherine\u2019s words had not only relieved her heart, but they\u2019d also made her believe that Emma and Patrick had forgiven her.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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