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I cringe at the venom in his voice and I shake my head. “No, I don’t.”

“Well I don’t like to be fucked over like I don’t know you.” He glares at me and then leaves the room in a rush.

My heart races and I close my eyes as regret fills me. He has every right to hate me right now. Yesterday when he found out about this nightmare he was in shock but now the hard and strong ramifications are coming my way. I should be grateful that he is just angry and not disowning me but the fact that I have disappointed him is like a knife through my chest. I blow out a breath as I search through my case to find something to wear. It’s going to be a long day.

Half an hour later I lie on Bridget’s bed. “What do you mean, he’s got the shits? He was fine yesterday.” She tuts as she puts her clothes onto hangers and in the walk-in robe.

I shrug. “Obviously he is over the shock and is now angry,” I reply.

She shakes her head. “I still can’t believe this crap. So tell me, what exactly did Margaret say to you?”

“She said that when Scott was a baby Joshua’s dad had an affair and was away a lot of the time and that one of his friends would come to the house to check on them.”

Her eyes widen. “One of his friends,” she repeats.

I nod. “I know and that they started hanging out and then one night he kissed her and she told him to leave but he didn’t and he stayed in the car out the front of the house for hours and then when he knocked again at 2 am she didn’t have the willpower to reject him.”

“Fuck,” Bridget whispers. “It’s like Dynasty.”

I nod again. “And get this, she said she fell in love with him and was going to leave Robert when he got back two months later but then this guy told her not to be stupid because he never loved her anyway.”

Bridget stops what she is doing. “She said that?”

I nod. “And I don’t know if I’m being stupid but I believe her,” I reply.

She frowns. “So how is Cameron involved? I don’t get what he has to do with this.”

I blow out a deep breath. “So when Joshua was in hospital for the drug overdose Cameron saw his blood type. I still remember the moment when he spotted it.”

She stops again. “You saw him see it and you didn’t say anything.”

I shake my head. “No.”

She winces and I nod.

“So Cameron obviously started doing a bit of research and realised that Joshua and he had different blood.”

“Right,” she replies as she hangs things up in the wardrobe. “Go on.”

“Remember when Gran was sick in the hospital and that kid was sick and needed Josh’s blood?”

“Yes.” She nods.

“Cameron asked me then what I know and I denied knowing anything.”

Bridget grabs her temples. “Fuck, this is messed-up shit, Natasha.”

“I know and I tried to smooth it with Cameron last night and explain,” I reply.

“What did he say?” she asks.

I shrug. “I know he’s off me and it is just going to take time but I think we may have turned the corner.”

Bridget nods. “Fair enough, I would be off you too if I was him.”

I nod.

“So what did Josh say?” she asks.