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She did think about it. More than she’d intended to. Her first instinct had been to drive over to the hotel where Garrett was staying, tell him about the baby, and let the chips fall where they may.
But then she decided it might be nice to know her own reaction and plans before she demanded the same of Garrett. Especially if he, like Granddaddy, asked what she wanted first.
She wanted the baby. She knew her options and she knew her rights, and she still wanted it anyway. Not only because it might be nice, for a change, to have someone she was biologically related to in her life, rather than just people who might say they liked her – even loved her – but weren’t obliged to. Which meant they could stop at any moment.
She wanted her baby to have a father. She didn’t know what she wanted from Garrett when it came to the two of them, but she knew she didn’t want their baby growing up the way Lauren had. Not that she would ever turn into Polly. At least, Lauren hoped not.
Did she and Garrett have it in them for some kind of long-term relationship? Lauren wouldn’t put money on it. Yet, to be fair, as she’d told Granddaddy, Lauren knew Garrett intimately… but not well. Maybe if they ever stopped screwing their brains out and had an actual conversation, she might like him.
No time like the present to find out. Forty-eight hours after she made her plan, Lauren finally did drive to Garrett’s hotel room, ready to tell him everything.
Instead, she was handed a manila envelope from Mr. Ashley by the front desk clerk. In it was a legal document ordering Lauren Briggs to keep her distance from Garrett Ashley, the entire Ashley family, and especially their business.
A typed letter from their attorney slipped between the folded papers, informed Ms. Lauren Briggs that if she launched a paternity suit or gave her as-yet-unborn child the Ashley name in an attempt to lay claim to a share of future inheritance, they would promptly renege on any and all contracts previously signed with Briggs Construction. The Ashleys would cost her Granddaddy millions of dollars. They would ruin him.
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About the Author
Alina Adams wrote the “As the World Turns” tie-ins, “Oakdale Confidential” and “The Man From Oakdale,” and co-wrote “Guiding Light’s” “Jonathan’s Story.” She was the Creative Content Producer for “Another World Today,” and worked on the 2013 relaunches of “All My Children” and “One Life To Live.” Her books include romance novels, figure skating murder mysteries, and the historical family saga, “The Nesting Dolls,” from HarperCollins. Read more at: AlinaAdams.com
