Chapter 99 – A Chase Down the Hills

Mia's mind raced as they drove home. How could Noah have done this? The man she loved, the father of her child, had gone behind her back and conducted a DNA test on their son. It was an unforgivable breach of trust. She looked at Nico as he babbled happily in her arms. “I'll love you if he won't, you're mine” she said as she kissed him, her tears falling on his face. She looked at Ghost, his face confused and she felt she should tell him something. “He did a DNA test on him behind my back” she said, her voice so sad and empty. “And you may speak” she said as she noticed he was on her orders. “I'm sorry Jefa” he said, and she nodded, sniffling. After a while, he broke the silence again, “If I may ask Jefa, what happened yesterday?” he asked, noticing the red bruises of a strangle on her frail neck. “I don't want to talk about it” “I understand” he said and kept on driving. When she arrived home, she felt a wave of numbness wash over her. She had to leave. She couldn't stay in