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I wiped a tear from my eye, still chuckling. “You took a DNA test on my daughter BEHIND MY BACK?
Do you think you’re some kind of detective?”
That’s when I stopped laughing. “Get out of my house!” I snapped at Isabel.
“Jake, you don’t understand —” she started.
“No, YOU don’t understand,” I growled as I wrapped my arm protectively around Ava. “You waltz into MY home with accusations and DNA tests in front of MY CHILD…
and expect what exactly? A medal? Get out…
NOW.”
Ava’s small fingers dug into my leg, her voice barely audible. “Daddy, why is Aunt Isabel mad? Did I do something bad?”
The question shattered something inside me.
I knelt down, meeting her eyes. “No, sweetheart. You didn’t do anything wrong.
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