LILY SCREAMED FOR HER GRANDFATHER AT THE POOL, BUT WHAT RICHARD FOUND INSIDE THE VILLA EXPLAINED WHY SHE FEARED ETHAN
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Chapter 9 - Claire’s Father Made An Impossible Choice
Benjamin admitted privately supporting the donor substitution because he
feared Claire might pass on a hereditary neurological risk from her
mother’s family. Bell persuaded him that a screened donor embryo was
safer. Claire told him fear did not give him the right to choose for
her. Benjamin’s payment was tied to confidentiality and medical-research
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arrangements, making him part of the concealment. Claire left without
offering instant forgiveness.
