Chapter Five
BEATRICE CAREFULLY kept her gaze level. “I see.” Salome still looked ashamed, and Beatrice continued, “It sounds as if you weren’t the only person to make a mistake.”
Salome gave a shaky laugh. “Well, that’s certainly true. And I love my daughter so much—I’d do anything to protect her and to make sure that she has a good life. She could never be a mistake, but my actions were. But Gerald’s reaction was to immediately shun us both when I told him.”
Beatrice asked, “You told him during that meeting when he fired you?”
She nodded. “That’s right. I hadn’t told him the whole time that I was pregnant or for the next three years after Jenna was born.”
Beatrice asked slowly, “What made you decide to keep the information to yourself? And not ask for help right away?”
Salome said
