Belinda. Haille began to feel a little uncomfortable as
he described his own romantic interest in Olivia's
sister.
And then, he just lowered the boom on her and
told her he was her father. He said it the way you
might say: I have to confess, I broke that piece of
china yesterday.
"Haille was stunned of course. This man sitting
across from her in the sailboat, this man she had known all her life as my father, this charming friend of Olivia and Samuel Logan, one afternoon chose to tell her he was her father. He took her out to sea so she was more or less trapped on the boat and had to hear his side of the story, of course. She said she was tempted to jump into the water and swim to shore, but she was trembling so badly she couldn't trust her body
to be strong enough to make it.
"The impact of hearing he was her father was
great, but what was even greater was the realization
that she and I--that we were half-brother and sister
and the budding love between us was incestuous and
forbidden. Imagine the feeling of betrayal she felt at
that moment.
"My father defended himself by saying that if
she and I had never shown any indications of
becoming serious lovers, he would never have told her
the truth. Isn't that incredible? He would have kept it
secret forever, for as you know now, who would
believe poor deranged Belinda, right? Oh, they made
sure of that, my father and Olivia Logan.
"Of course, he insisted Belinda was really in
need of psychiatric help and they were giving her the
best, most expensive treatment possible. All men who
have affairs and impregnate their lovers should have
his opportunity and logic."
Kenneth laughed.
"Some force their lovers to have abortions,