Daughter of Deceit
DramaComedygamblingabusive fatherpaternitycar accidentbitternessex-husband ex-wife relationshipfather daughter reunionpregnant daughterunforgivendeath of wifeolivedrastic change of life
A morally weighty melodrama about paternity doubt, abandonment, and the corrosive guilt that haunts a man across decades.
In the drama, a father, firmly believing that the baby daughter in his arms is not his own, abandons her upon the doorstep of the town drunk. Many years pass, and the man finds himself continually wracked with guilt about deserting her.
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