NORA'S POV
"He did what?" Jade asked over the phone later that night. We had arrived back at San Diego right before nightfall and I had headed straight to Miss Parker's house to pick up Duke.
"He just dismissed you like that?! That's very unlike Aiden" Jade continued " oh what being in position can do to someone "
Deep down, I knew the reason why he acted that way. He was waiting for me to open up to him, but what did I do instead? I refused him the one truth he has been willing to find out for over 5 years.
Besides, there's no way I would tell him the whole truth without mentioning Duke. That is my greatest fear because Aiden would definitely confront Gloria Hart about the whole situation which would lead to the fact that I actually kept the baby and didn't get rid of it as she had
