He clutched his phone, his face filled with shame and a tangled heart.
After he called her name once and fell silent, Kaia asked in confusion, "Uncle Andy, do you need something?"
"Ah... there's something..." Andy snapped out of his thoughts and said hoarsely, "Kaia... I heard from Adam about your background all these years..."
He wanted to say that all these years, he had let her down.
But then he thought, the paternity test hadn't been done yet.
What if his son made a mistake?
What if Kaia wasn't his sister's daughter but Cathy's daughter?
Changing his approach, he continued, "Kaia, I know what happened this time was too much from your aunt, but she has already been punished... Kaia, for the sake of my reputation, can you forgive your aunt this time?"
Kaia held her phone, feeling
