The Gala of Lies: A Paternity Unveiled

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cted himself quickly, "a courier has a

ed. "Excellent. Bri

e, a flicker of doubt in his e

ing nod. "It's alright, Leo

nnerve Sera more than a

large envelope fr

roof that Damien Archer is Leo's father, and that Marc Thorne has been li

me a veno

dlines, the sympathy, perhaps even a shar

the same avarice that had alw

s trembling slightly, not with sorr

," she said, "so th

, save for the crin

all tells, the financial discrepancies I' d noted, the way Sera' s af

ived my diagnosis of azoosp

alist, the painful but successful surgical sperm extraction, the

only to me and

hroat, her eyes sc

expression be

eared between her perfe

ain, her lips

r, impatient. "Well

her face a mas

an't be right,"