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  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. ONE
  4. TWO
  5. THREE
  6. FOUR
  7. FIVE
  8. SIX
  9. SEVEN
  10. EIGHT
  11. NINE
  12. TEN
  13. ELEVEN
  14. TWELVE
  15. THIRTEEN
  16. FOURTEEN
  17. FIFTEEN
  18. SIXTEEN
  19. SEVENTEEN
  20. EIGHTEEN
  21. NINETEEN
  22. TWENTY
  23. TWENTY-ONE
  24. TWENTY-TWO
  25. TWENTY-THREE
  26. TWENTY-FOUR
  27. TWENTY-FIVE
  28. TWENTY-SIX
  29. TWENTY-SEVEN
  30. TWENTY-EIGHT
  31. TWENTY-NINE
  32. THIRTY
  33. THIRTY-ONE
  34. THIRTY-TWO
  35. THIRTY-THREE
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  37. THIRTY-FIVE
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  40. THIRTY-EIGHT
  41. THIRTY-NINE
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  52. FIFTY
  53. FIFTY-ONE
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  56. FIFTY-FOUR
  57. FIFTY-FIVE
  58. FIFTY-SIX
  59. FIFTY-SEVEN
  60. FIFTY-EIGHT
  61. FIFTY-NINE
  62. SIXTY
  63. SIXTY-ONE
  64. SIXTY-TWO
  65. SIXTY-THREE
  66. SIXTY-FOUR
  67. SIXTY-FIVE
  68. SIXTY-SIX
  69. SIXTY-SEVEN
  70. SIXTY-EIGHT
  71. SIXTY-NINE
  72. SEVENTY
  73. SEVENTY-ONE
  74. SEVENTY-TWO
  75. SEVENTY-THREE
  76. SEVENTY-FOUR
  77. Suggested topics for reading-group discussion
  78. Keep Reading …
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  80. About the Author
  81. Books by Lisa Stone
  82. About the Publisher

Moller had admitted his error very easily on the phone and had renewed his offer of compensation. Of course he’d want to keep them quiet. If this came out, it wouldn’t do his clinic any good at all. How easy it would be to hold him to ransom and demand a huge sum. But there was no price on what Emma and he had been through and had yet to go through. Nothing that could undo the harm that had been done.

Ian stood, went to the counter and bought another coffee. The longer he could postpone going home, the better.

Could others be affected? he wondered, returning to the table with his coffee. Moller had said he worked within the current guidelines – one donor to no more than ten families – so the chances were minuscule. But when had that rule come in? Ian googled the question and found it was only ten years ago, so hadn’t applied when his and Emma’s parents had used the clinic. Before then, artificial insemination by donor had been largely unregulated and at the discretion of the clinic. Had Moller been purposely misleading him?

Ian took a sip of his coffee and slowly replaced it in the saucer. If there were others, what were the chances of Moller contacting them? Low, Ian decided. The only reason he’d admitted his error to Ian was because he’d shown him irrefutable evidence. Ian was sure Moller wouldn’t have told him otherwise. How he would have liked to see his records. But if he asked again, he’d get the same reply and Moller would hide behind patient confidentiality.

Straightening in his chair, Ian closed the file on his laptop he’d been trying to work on and stared at the screensaver. His thoughts raced, going where they shouldn’t. He broke out in a sweat as he considered the enormity of what he was thinking of doing. He’d be taking a huge risk. If he was caught, there would be a trial and prison.

So he’d have to make sure he wasn’t caught, he told himself. He was good at his job – one of the Information Technology team at Wetherby Security Ltd. The company was in the business of keeping organizations safe. His department specialized in online security, advising clients on how to keep their companies safe from hacking, and minimizing the damage if a company was attacked. In order to do his job, Ian had had to study how hackers worked. He knew how they got into computers and how to keep them out.