Chapter 283

“This one too. It’s the view off my deck.”

It was the one with me looking back at the house.

Sean was silent for a while. “Were you the father of Jessica’s baby?” he finally asked.

“No, I wasn’t,” Quinn said. “That honor belonged to someone else.”

“Yet you have two paintings of Jessica, one of them while she’s pregnant.”

“I care a great deal for Jessica, and the artwork is sublime. Why wouldn’t I have some?”

“How much do you care for Jessica?”

“Enough I would have married her. She doesn’t want me though. There’s too much standing in the way of that ever happening. Be glad.”

Quinn excused himself and left to look after his other guests. I looked after him, but stayed with my boyfriend. I started chatting with my parents. Sean left me to continue looking at the art, then heading back to the main party, unhooking my leash so I could continue to chat. Apparently, while he was gone, he heard something he shouldn’t have.

He came back a