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his son.
                 
                  Paige sighed, looking down into her lap. “No, Dad, it’s okay. I lied to the reporters, Marcus. Darren was cheating, not me. Jonas and I concocted the story to protect me and the baby from the scrutiny of the paparazzi.”
     
                  “Paige, I’m sorry. I…I…was out of line. I take it Darren doesn’t know the baby is his.”
                 
                  “No, he doesn’t know. And I don’t know if I am going to tell him,” Paige said, placing a hand on her stomach.
     
                  “He deserves to know he’s going to be a father, Paige. You have to tell him,” William said, sitting back in his chair.
     
                  “He cheated on me, Daddy. I don’t want a man like that for the father of my baby,” Paige said, reaching for Jonas’s hand.
     
                  “You don’t get to make that decision, Paige. You have to tell Darren he’s going to be a father. I don’t like him, never did, but he deserves to know about the baby.”
     
                  Paige nodded. “I know you’re right, Dad. But I just don’t know what kind of father Darren will make.”
     
                  “Well, that is his problem, yes?”
     
                  Paige nodded, wondering how things had gotten so bad with what should have been happy news for her and her family.
     
    “Well, I for one am happy for you Paige. You have always wanted a baby,” Maria said, looking at her father-in-law. “And if Jonas is the man that makes you happy, then I am happy for the both of you. Congratulations.”
     
                  William Harper glanced from his daughter-in-law to his daughter. “Maria is right. We need to look on the bright side of this and see the silver lining,” he said.
     
                  Paige smiled briefly, holding Jonas’s hand in hers.  This had not gone as well as she thought it would. She never dreamed her father would take Darren’s side on this, but he had and now she had a decision to make that would affect not only her, Jonas and her baby, but Darren and the rest of her family, as well.
     
                  “You okay?” Jonas asked, concerned over her silence.
     
                  “Dad’s probably right. Darren needs to know about the baby.”
     
                  Jonas didn’t want the paparazzi stalking Paige or the baby. On the other hand, he did not need Darren interfering in their lives either. “I’ll be right back,” he said, leaning over to kiss her cheek quickly.
     
                  Maria slid next to Paige as Jonas left, wrapping her fingers around hers.  “I’m so sorry about Marcus. He was out of line.”
     
    “He’s my brother. I disappointed him.”
     
    “Well, I’m his wife and he had best watch his “Ps” and “Qs” or he’ll be sleeping in the dog house. That was no way to speak to you.”
     
    “Thanks, Maria. You have always been so good to me,” Paige said, leaning her head on Maria’s shoulder.
     
    “I am happy for you, Paige.  You must love Jonas very much.”
     
                  “I do love him, Maria. I thought I loved Darren, but...” Paige said, watching Jonas across the room.
     
                  “I understand. He was exciting at first, and then you just fell into a habit.”
     
                  “A bad habit, as it turns out. Not just for me either. Darren had a parade of women in and out of our lives and I was just too blind to see it. He wasn’t any happier than I was. I guess we just never could admit it to ourselves.”
     
                  “Maybe with the baby coming, you both can be honest with each other.”
     
                  “I doubt that, Maria. I have lied to him. I doubt he will be as accepting of the truth