CHAPTER 32 Birth Mark

Everyone had settled down. Chad was standing in one of the corners, eying Fox with hatred. Whitney was uncomfortable. She looked at Fox who was sitting next to Paloma.

"Where could she have gone? Her car is still here, and she can't walk that fast because of her back."

"Don't worry, Fox. Her son is still here. She will come back."

"You don't deserve her Fox. She deserves someone who will never hurt her." Fox looked at Chad and didn't say anything, he knew deep down that Chad was right. Teresa deserved better.

"You and Ethan did a number on her. All I know is that this is not Harmony and if she's out there somewhere, then she's not safe."

They heard the baby crying and Paloma got up to go to him.

"No, let me."

"Alright."

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Fox went up to the room and took the child out of his crib. He stopped crying instantly. He sat on the chair and put the child in his lap.

"So, what's wrong little guy?"

The little boy looked at Fox and gave him a toothless grin. Fox ruffled the child's hair.

"I think you need a diaper change."

He looked at little Ethan's face and smiled.

"Don't look so worried, little E. I know I never changed a diaper in my life, but how hard can it be, right?"

The baby put his hand on Fox's face.

"Don't even protest the diaper change, you need it really badly."

He took off the dirty diaper and as he was cleaning him, he saw something that surprised him. He turned the boy on his stomach and looked at his left butt cheek.

"What the hell?"

He put the baby in a clean diaper, picked him up and rushed downstairs.

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Paloma was still sitting down eying both Chad and Whitney who were on different sides of the room.

"You know, Chad. People make mistakes."

"Don't get in the way of this."

"You guys love each other, you should be able to work on this together and make it better."

"Maybe there is no hope."

Whitney looked at Chad with tears in flowing down her eyes. She walked to him.

"You'll never know how sorry I am, Chad. I never wanted any of this to happen. It was a mistake. It should never have happened."

"You damn right it shouldn't have happened. I never expected that you would hurt me this way."

He walked away from her just as fox was entering the living room. He went directly to Paloma.

"What's wrong?"

"I just saw something while I was changing his diaper."

"you changed diapers?"

He looked at her and shook his head.

"That's beside the point, Paloma. He has a birth mark."

"Yes, he does. Why would you be upset about this?"

"It's the same birth mark I have at the same place as him."

She looked from him to the child.

"No, it's impossible."

"Is it?"