Chapter 5

I just sat quietly off to the side, watching him go from denial, to suspicion, and then finally fall apart.

"She said she was clean, that she'd never fooled around with anyone..." His fingers started to shake as he gripped the report, crumpling the paper.

He asked, "Moira, tell me, is this a mistake? Can we go to another hospital and get checked again, please?"

He looked at me.

In that moment, the reliance and panic in his eyes were exactly the same as they were years ago.

Back then, he was determined to be with me, even though his…