"No," Brittany didn't want to tell her son that she had developed feelings for a man who was already married.
Daniel seemed downcast. "Okay."
Brittany comforted her son until he fell asleep, but she herself tossed and turned, unable to find rest.
Over the past six months, she had tried to uncover things from before her amnesia. Unfortunately, all traces had been erased. No one dared to speak of Daniel's father, not even Daniel himself.
Living now in Craneville and without her prior memories, Brittany had lost touch with old friends like Kari and Hannah. Although Ysabel was close to her, the Lynette family had warned her early on not to mention anything from before Brittany's memory loss.
For six months, Brittany felt like a puppet without thoughts, throwing herself into her work. Yet, every night, she felt a void in her heart, as if something important was missing.
She got up and went downstairs to pour herself a glass of warm milk.
As she was heading back upstairs, she bumped into Holden.
"Hey."
"Why are you still up so late?" Holden frowned. "Is there something troubling you at work?"
"It's not that," Brittany shook her head. She and Holden were fairly close, and he genuinely cared about her.
"Can I ask you something?"
Holden nodded. "Go ahead."
"Is Daniel's father... is he no longer with us?"
Everyone avoided the topic. She had to prepare for the worst.
Holden paused for a moment before asking, "Why do you think that?"
"I must have really loved him to have had his child. We must have been close. If he were still around, why hasn’t he shown up?"
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