Liora’s life falls apart at her husband’s funeral when she meets an older woman holding a baby. The woman says the child in her arms is Liora’s late husband’s. Is she telling the truth?
Or are there more surprising secrets waiting for Liora? Liora stared at the last moments of her husband’s funeral. She couldn’t believe Martin was gone.
He’d died in a car accident. A week had gone by, but she still felt him near her. How could he be gone for good?
With a heavy heart, she walked toward the cemetery’s gate, telling herself she needed to figure out what to do with her life now. Suddenly, an older woman with a baby stood in her path. “Are you Liora?” the woman asked as the baby in her arms whimpered.
Liora didn’t know her. Who was this stranger? “I am.
Who are you?” Liora answered. Liora’s heart sank when the woman, named Denise, said the baby was Martin’s child. “You’re the only one who can take care of this child now,” Denise told her.
“Her mother can’t look after her.”
A cold shiver ran through Liora. She looked at the baby and took a step back. “No, that can’t be true!
Martin was a loving husband. He’d never do this to me!”
Liora turned and hurried away. She wouldn’t let herself doubt Martin.
“Watch out!”
Liora bumped into one of Martin’s old friends, Victor. She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn’t see where she was going. Victor started talking, offering his condolences.
Liora didn’t want to chat with anyone, but she forced herself to be polite. She ended the talk as soon as she could and headed to her car. The baby’s image kept popping into her mind, but she brushed it off.
But when Liora opened her car door, she froze. The same baby was lying in the back seat, crying softly. Liora looked around.
Denise was nowhere to be seen. “How did this baby get here?” she wondered. It was cold outside, so Liora took off her jacket and wrapped it around the little one.
Then she stopped dead when she saw a birthmark on the baby’s neck. “This can’t be real,” she whispered. The birthmark was just like Martin’s.
Liora didn’t want to think her husband had cheated. But now, she had to know the truth. She needed to find out if Martin had betrayed her.
Liora drove home with the baby, grabbed some of Martin’s hair from his brush, and went to a hospital. “Hi, I need a paternity test,” she told the woman at the front desk. “Sure, ma’am.
It usually takes a few days to get the results,” the woman said. “Can you make it faster?” Liora asked. “I’ll pay extra.”
“We have a quick service.
Let me check what we can do. It’ll cost more, though.”
“I’ll do it,” Liora said. She gave them Martin’s hair and paid for the test.
Sitting in the hospital hallway, Liora noticed the baby getting fussy. She checked the baby’s clothes. The diaper was clean.
Liora guessed the baby was hungry. With some time before the results, she drove to a store and bought formula, bottles, and a few diapers, just in case. Back in the hallway, she fed the baby formula.
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