Albert is being deceitful, if the baby is his (and the longer the silence the stronger the confirmation) he should have been honest from the outset, and confirmed the child’s status.
Personally I believe the story is true, why? Because it’s something you can’t lie about, it’s not a “he said, she said” scenario; it’s the sort of dispute that can easily be settled by DNA test (and the fact that she said one was already taken is irrelevant she knows she will be asked to do another one).
If we believe the woman’s words we can assume this wasn’t a fling, the fact that the relationship continued behind his fathers back in Paris, and the fact that he brought her a house in Paris (before he found out she’s pregnant) illustrates that he actually cared for her!
Whether or not he cares for her anymore is completely irrelevant, he has paternal duties, and although it looks like he’s fulfilled the financial aspect of that he’s neglected the social aspect, i.e. acknowledging your child’s existence, giving that little boy his future freedom to say the word “daddy” in public, without feeling he’s committed a crime!
People say that the woman deceived Albert and that her motives are questionable, but I say she felt the timing was right, if she’s telling the truth and he told her he’d acknowledge her sons existence when his father dies, why hasn’t he? Why wait until his father dies, why not come out and say the truth when the DNA test was taken?
Albert doesn’t have to marry his mother’s child, but technically he can adopt his own son to give him the grimaldi surname just like his father adopted his grandson Andrea…the whole scenario isn’t Alien, Albert’s grandmother was the love child of an Algerian maid yet she was “legitimised” by being given the grimaldi surname, if he fails to do so, the next question would be why? The answer will automatically steer to racism….
