"No." Watching the single tear trickle slowly down her cheek, he felt rather as though his own heart might break. He closed his eyes briefly, wishing beyond reason that it'd had never come to this, that he could somehow turn back time, that by some miracle, he wouldn't have to say the words. But no miracle appeared to be forthcoming.
"Charlie wasn't your father," he said at last, forcing himself to meet her gaze. "He was mine."
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