Chapter 13. I Am Your Mother

Nicole was puzzled by the stranger’s behavior. The woman stared at her intently, and suddenly, it clicked in Nicole’s mind.

“I remember now. You’re the woman who approached my father the other day.”

“Yes, that’s correct. Your father hasn’t been willing to talk to me. He has put up surveillance to keep me away from you.”

“Do you have something to do with my father? Are you his lover?”

“I was his wife twenty years ago.”

“It can’t be. Were you his wife when my mother was pregnant with me?”

“No.”

“Then please explain, because I don’t understand.”

“They have lied to you. Please, just allow me to finish speaking. What I’m about to tell you is very difficult, and it will be a shock to you. When I married Noah, I was pregnant with someone else’s child. That person abandoned me. Your father was terminally ill, and his dying wish was for him to marry someone else. He didn’t know I was pregnant because I found out afterward, when he was already m