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The Legacy, Chapter 3: Echoes
Date: 3/29/2015, Categories: Wife Lovers, Author: stormdog100, Rating: 24, Source: LushStories
safe; he was not taking any chances on missing the birth of their third child, which they had agreed was also likely to be their last. He had made a quick morning flight over to Atlanta for an important meeting, however, and was on his way back when he got the message that Beth had gone into labor – again, almost a week before she was due! He pushed the little Cessna to its limits and, with the aid of a fortuitous tailwind and thus a ground speed of over a hundred and seventy miles per hour, arrived in time, but only by a matter of minutes; she gave birth less than a half hour after his breathless arrival. Henry stepped out and let Robert take his rightful place with his wife, gratified that his young friend would finally have the opportunity to be present for the actual birth of his child. However, in the same way that we recognize and comment on the fact that fate can be cruel, it must also be acknowledged that fate does not lack a sense of humor…or perhaps a sense of irony; therefore, this time, with Robert finally present, the child Beth gave birth to was Henry’s. It was apparent immediately that the child – a healthy baby boy - was of mixed-race parentage; while even babies born to two black parents are often light-skinned, darkening over time, some are not, and Beth and Henry’s child was dark enough to leave little doubt that Robert was likely not the father. Any remaining doubt was quickly removed by his thick mat of soft, wet, black hair. The silence that fell ...