"So you already knew. When you were little, I brought you to Mercy Hospital to do a paternity test." Jonathan had never expected this layer of awareness.
"Yes, Father! That was the shame of my life. I don't want to go through it again—not even if I really am her biological child. I'd rather believe she abandoned me—"
Jonathan's eyes widened... His heart turned ice-cold as he listened!
"That's just how reality is. You can't have it both ways in life." Ned looked straight at his father with chilling clarity. "You can only choose one." He calmly reminded him.
Jonathan stared at his son... and suddenly realized with a shudder—he was no longer the son who once obeyed his every whim.
"If I insist on doing this, what will you do? Aren't you dating Sophie? Don't you love each other very much?" Jonathan asked in a low, heavy voice.
Ned met his father's gaze. A long, oppressive silence stretched between father and son...
