My mother's eyes softened as she looked at me. "James was a good man, Sophie. He raised you as his own because he adored both of us.”

"That is the father I have known my whole life and will know for the rest of my days. This man here can never be my father," I sobbed, my voice trembling with wrath.

"Sophie, I know you are upset but please try to understand,” my mother begged. "We made this decision out of love."

"Love?" I scoffed. "You call lying to me for decades love?"

"I wanted to give you a stable family, a father who would be there for you-"

I...