Chapter 7

"Your father, Joe and I married two sisters, Joe married Mary your mother and I married Alice. Mary and Alice came from a wealthy family, their parents were early settlers and they bought up a lot of property locally. Joe and I came from similar although not so wealthy backgrounds. Alice was unable to bear children due to childhood illness that left her barren, Joe and Mary tried for several years to have children but without success, Joe had a low sperm count. Mary and Alice decided that I was to be the donor to make Mary pregnant, Joe was agreeable but I was reluctant, I loved Alice and didn't want to be with any other woman. In the end they wore my resistance down and I impregnated your mother."

"When you were born there were complications and Mary died giving birth. We were all devastated, I blamed myself for her death, if I hadn't bowed to their demands she would still be with us today. Alice took over as your surrogate mother and raised you until she had a massive heart attack. With no one to care for you Joe employed Jessica as a nanny you were about a year old at this time. Before long Joe had taken Jessica to his bed, after about a year she became pregnant with Jenny, Joe confided with me that he knew the child wasn't his but he didn't want it known, he let Jessica think that he thought he was the father."