Rhoda's POV I couldn't hold it anymore. The moment the word left Ethan's mouth, that Lucain was Raymond's biological father, my legs weakened. I sat back down, numb and before I could stop myself, tears spilled down my cheeks My cheeks ached as though something had torn open inside me. I cried. Not the quiet kind of crying you can hide or swallow back but the kind that comes from deep inside your soul. The kind of pain you can't put into words. I cried because Mia was ruining everything. Why did she have to show up in our lives now? Why does Lucian, in one way or the other, always turn out to be the person whose past would always try to ruin our relationship? Just when I found out I was pregnant and now this? Just when I had finally allowed myself to feel safe and happy, Mia came

