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LN:
Laurent
DH:
Victor Sebastian Laurent (31)
DW:
Caroline Willa [nee O'Neal]
Laurent (31)
Victor's DD:
Charlotte Anna (8)
DS:
Vittorio Bastian Laurent "
Rio" (6)
DDog:
Jolie (5)
About a month before
Victor met
Caroline, he was in a relationship with another woman, named
Kayla. It was a brief and causual fling, lasting only a month before they decided they were incompatible and split up.
Victor met
Caroline soon after, and the two fell in love quickly and were married within six months of meeting.
Victor had put
Kayla out of his mind as he had all his past girlfriends, until a few weeks before his wedding when she told him she was pregnant. Her boyfriend after
Victor left her when he found out the child wasn't his (timeline was wrong).
Victor was stunned and devastated, but
Kayla didn't ask him for anything. She said she just thought he should know. She didn't need child support, but
Victor set up an account anyway and put money into it to help out. He spent what was supposed to be a two-day business trip with
Kayla in the hospital, and he helped name her
Charlotte Anna. He debated telling
Caroline, but didn't know how to explain without hurting her, so decided to keep his daughter a secret. For three years it worked well.
Kayla sent him pictures of
Charlotte, and he saw her a few times a year when he could pretend business trips or golf trips with one of his friends. Once
Rio was born, he gave
Charlotte pictures so she would know what her brother looked like. But a year after
Rio was born,
Kayla died suddenly of cancer.
Kayla's parents offered to take
Charlotte in, but
Victor knew he had no choice. He was tired of living two lives and keeping secrets from
Caroline, and he wanted his daughter with him. So he confessed everything to his wife.
Caroline was terribly hurt and angry; not about
Charlotte, necessarily, but abotu the fact he had lied to her for so long. She felt she would have understood if he had told her. After all,
Charlotte was concieved before they even met! But the years of lies and secrets were almost enough to tear the marriage apart.
Caroline considered separating from
Victor for a while, but decided against it. After all, she still loved him dearly. So
Charlotte came to live with the
Laurent family. At first it hurt
Caroline to see her, but almost immediately the toddler's sweetness and affectionate ways melted her heart. The two quickly grew to love one another, for which
Victor was very glad and relieved.
Charlotte and
Rio adore one another as well and play together often.
Charlotte has always called
Caroline Mommy, and recently they finally made it official as
Caroline legally adopted
Charlotte.