Chapter 5 - Claire Learns Why Ethan Stayed Silent

Claire was devastated not by biology but by the theft of informed
choice. Ethan admitted hiding the DNA result for three years. Lily then
revealed Ethan had told her that if she exposed the secret, Claire might
not want her anymore. Claire immediately held Lily and told her no test
could change who her mother was. Richard saw the deeper pattern:
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Margaret, Richard, and now Ethan had all confused secrecy with
protection.
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