Chapter 30
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Peyton
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DOM CALLED ME after he got off of the plane, to let me know he’s arrived in San Francisco and then again a few hours later.
“So, how did it go with Ruby?” I asked during the second call, which was around four-thirty.
He sighed. “Awful. But I didn’t expect her to run into my arms and call me ‘daddy’.”
“I’m sure. So... What do you think? Is she yours?”
“She certainly looks a lot like my mother,” he said, a smile in his voice. “I’m still going to have a paternity test done, but I’d bet my life savings that she’s mine.”
My heart went out to him. I could hear the emotion in his voice as he talked about Ruby and knew he was going to make every attempt to be a good father.
“When are you bringing her home?”
“I’m bringing her back with me. I can’t leav
