Where did you get that ring

but will eat carrots if you pretend they’re airplane fuel.”

A few people smiled.

Even the judge.

Valerie did not.

Then Alexander testified.

Valerie’s attorney approached him with a sympathetic expression.

“Mr. Bennett,” she said, “you agree that Mason is not your biological son?”

“Yes.”

“And you learned this in a humiliating and painful way?”

“Yes.”

“Isn’t it continue reading …