A spring blizzard
raged outside. It matched the storm inside. Ben’s wife, Blizzara and his
parents had been fighting constantly for the past six months. She insisted that
the child growing inside her was Ben’s. They refused to believe it.
He sighed and
struggled to concentrate on his schoolwork. His grades had slipped again. He
idly fingered the small figurine he’d “found” at the consignment store. He
promised himself that he wouldn’t steal again.
In the middle of their
latest argument, Blizzara went into labor. Ben and his father rushed her to the
hospital where they waited anxiously for the baby to be born.
“I’m sorry I’ve been
so hard on her, Ben.”
“It’s okay. She
shouldn’t have seduced me.”
“The doctor agreed to
do a DNA test on the baby. If it’s yours, the two of the will live with us
until you turn eighteen. After that, it’s your decision where your wife and
child live.”
In the wee hours of
the morning, Caitlin King entered the world. The blood test did indeed prove
the girl was Ben’s daughter. At the age of thirteen, he became a father.
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