Chapter 13

Diane Hale answered on the first ring, as if she'd been waiting. "Hello?" "Diane, it's Nora." A sharp breath. Then silence. "Before you hang up — your son is driving to Walter Reed right now. He's coming for me and for his daughter. A daughter he doesn't know, and has no right to claim." "Daughter?" Diane's voice was barely audible. "Yes. I was pregnant when I left. Ryan never knew, because he was too busy managing his operation to notice his own wife was carrying his child." The irony...