”Mom wasn’t able to speak because she was crying so I filled in the blank, “You found out you were pregnant with me. And Carter actually is my b...ological Dad.”Mom nodded and said, “Right again. My family couldn’t deal with the same of having a young unwed daughter being pregnant so I was pushed into an arranged marriage. Don’t get me wrong, I did grow to care for Sam and he did love you as if you were his own child. He was very good to us. I just felt ashamed of how easily I caved in to their. I'm talking about swimming. In some schools over 50% of the football team was black.While he would never make the cut for linebacker on the varsity team, he did have muscles where I had nothing. With those shoulders, he could probably tie a rope around his neck and drag a tugboat through the water.I believed him when he told me he could mop the floor with me. But I've never been affected by that kind of talk. I used to laugh at the kids on the other team in little league when they'd all try. He lay still, the faint whispering in his mind when Aesia was near, had stopped. So she must be working on her ship. He checked the wound in his side and it had almost completely healed.He swung his legs round and stood up; the expected nausea did not happen. He rubbed the side of his forehead, noting that he hadn't suffered any pain or headaches since she had arrived either. He took a few tentative steps before he had to grip a chair for support. He sighed; he needed some breakfast and a cup. Matt had told me that she’d had a rough run of bad relationships and it was starting to show, but right now I had to deal with Julio. As Stevie disappeared through the door at the top of the stairs I turned and walked back over to him. ‘Very touching Miller.’ It was the first time I had heard him speak. He had a soft voice with hardly any accent at all, a cultured voice. The expression on his face was nearly unreadable. Before I had seen fear and doubt. Now his expression was neutral. He had.