At her husband Patrick\u2019s funeral, Nancy is approached by an older woman named Amanda holding a baby.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is Patrick\u2019s daughter,\u201d Amanda says. \u201cHer mother is gone. Only you can care for her now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nancy refuses to believe Patrick could have betrayed her. But when she discovers the baby has the same birthmark as Patrick, she secretly orders a paternity test.<\/p>\n
The result is devastating: 99% match.<\/strong><\/p>\n Determined to find the baby\u2019s mother, Nancy searches Patrick\u2019s belongings and discovers an unfamiliar address in his GPS. She goes there with the baby and finds Amanda.<\/p>\n That\u2019s when Amanda reveals the truth: the baby\u2019s mother, Emma, had recently died after learning about Patrick\u2019s death.<\/p>\n Emma\u2019s name brings back a painful secret Nancy had buried for 20 years.<\/p>\n When Nancy was young, Patrick had loved Emma, not her. Heartbroken and jealous, Nancy lied that she was pregnant with Patrick\u2019s child. Patrick believed her, left Emma, and stayed with Nancy.<\/p>\n The lie eventually ended, but Emma had already left town, and Patrick never found her again.<\/p>\n Now Nancy realizes Patrick must have found Emma years later\u2014and their baby was proof.<\/p>\n \u201cI used him. I lied to him,\u201d Nancy confessed. \u201cI want to make things right.\u201d<\/p>\n But instead of abandoning the baby, Nancy chose to raise her as her own.<\/p>\n She named her Catherine.<\/p>\n Sixteen years later, Nancy finally told Catherine the truth. She expected her daughter to hate her.<\/p>\n Instead, Catherine hugged her and said:<\/p>\n \u201cYou raised me. You were there for everything. You\u2019re my mom in every way that counts.\u201d<\/p>\n Nancy broke down in tears, finally believing that perhaps Patrick and Emma had forgiven her.<\/p>\n What do you think of Nancy\u2019s decision?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Baby at the Funeral At her husband Patrick\u2019s funeral, Nancy is approached by an older woman named Amanda holding a baby. \u201cThis is Patrick\u2019s daughter,\u201d Amanda says. \u201cHer mother is gone. Only you can care for her now.\u201d Nancy refuses to believe Patrick could have betrayed her. But when she discovers the baby has…<\/p>\n