I looked at the boy who played with a car on the carpet. < img src = "https://zycie.news/crrops/de5241/620x0/1/0/2025/03/08/umb8ah5ogfm6chchkxmqvpmi6x8lbyigtqgvw5fl7.jpg" alt = "dad and son @pexels" styles = "background-color: rgba (141,136,128.1)" > < p > m & oacute; j son.

< p > or at least I thought so for the last five years.

< p > Now I didn't know anything.

< p > It was an ordinary day.

< p > Nothing announced that in a few seconds my life would fall apart like a house from cards.

< p > — I'm sorry, but I think there was a mistake & Hellip; & Amp; MDASH; I heard in the phone.

< p > — What a mistake ?

< p > — Research results & Hellip; They disagree. The Lord is not the biological father of the child.

< p > the world swirled before my eyes.

< p > — This is impossible.

< p > — I'm sorry.

< p > I sat at the table, waiting for her to be home.

< p > my heart was pounding like a hammer.

< p > When she came in, she looked at me surprised.

< p > — Something happened ?

< p > I put the test results on the table.

< p > — You will explain it to me ?

< p > A moment of silence.

< p > then sighed.

< p > — I wanted to tell you & hellip;

< p > — When ?! After ten years ?

< p > — I was afraid I would lose you.

< p > — Lose me ?! & Amp; MDASH; I got up violently. & Amp; MDASH; You lost me when you decided to lie!

< p > — But you love him & hellip;

< p > It was the worst.

< p > I loved him.

< p > He was my son, even if we were not connected by blood.

< p > but as I was supposed to live with a woman who looked into my eyes for five years for five years and lied ?

< p > at night I sat on the edge of & oacute; Żka and looked at the boy who slept calmly.

< p > for him nothing has changed.

< p > for me & ndash; Everything.

< p > I didn't know what to do.

< p > I didn't know who I was now.

< p > father ?

< p > or just a man who has lived in someone else's life for years ?

Natasha Kumar

By Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116