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\u201cThis baby can\u2019t be our blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

The words sucked the warmth from the room. A nurse by the monitors discreetly slipped out, sensing a storm she wanted no part of.<\/p>\n

\u201cMom, what are you talking about?\u201d Caleb stammered, his voice weak.<\/p>\n

Vivien\u2019s voice dropped, becoming conspiratorial, pulling her son into her circle of doubt. \u201cLook at her, Caleb. Hazel eyes. Olive skin. She doesn\u2019t look like anyone in our family. She is not a Monroe. I don\u2019t know whose child this is, but she is not ours.\u201d<\/p>\n

The accusation was so audacious, so cruel, it left me momentarily stunned. To say this here, now, while I was still healing from the war my body had just waged\u2026 it was monstrous. Caleb turned to me, his eyes pleading, asking the question he didn\u2019t have the courage to voice:\u00a0Is there any truth to this?<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis baby can\u2019t be our blood.\u201d The words sucked the warmth from the room. A nurse by the monitors discreetly slipped out, sensing a storm she wanted no part of. \u201cMom, what are you talking about?\u201d Caleb stammered, his voice weak. Vivien\u2019s voice dropped, becoming conspiratorial, pulling her son into her circle of doubt. \u201cLook…<\/p>\n

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