Stabbed In The Back, Again

‘Brennan had some reservations at first,’ Freya continued. ‘But I was drawn to you. I felt this inexplicable connection between us, like we were meant to be a family. So I talked to him, convinced him to let you stay. We raised you as our own flesh and blood, gave you the best life we could afford.’ I couldn’t disagree with that point. Before the ugly truth came out, I thought I’d grown up in a loving family. ‘Niall, well, his birth was…unplanned. A happy accident. I was well into the first trimester before I even realised I was pregnant. I thought the morning sickness was a symptom of the flu. When the doctor told me I had a baby growing inside me, I thought he was joking.’ Freya smiled a little. ‘I was both confused and overjoyed. When I bumped into Rainey at the hospital, she must have cottoned on from the look on my face. Brennan warned me about her. She was trying to edge him out of Candour. At that time, he’d already found out she was working with Conor.’ I tried to recall what h