On the way, Lena gazed out the window, lost in thought.

Chris and Elijah exchanged silent glances in the car, refraining from uttering another word. They had already spoken their piece earlier, and Lena struggled to come to terms with the fact that she was an illegitimate Chriss daughter.

"Your mother and my father once had a romantic relationship," Chris said cautiously. "They shared a symbol of their love—a pocket watch that Sasha brought back."

"Lenny, you do know that you and Sasha are twins, right?" Elijah chimed in.

Lena took a deep breath, her head throbbing. She had never expected that her mother had concealed so much from her.

"Lenny?" Chris said with concern, reaching out to hold her hand.

In the front seat, Elijah shot him a disapproving glance. "Let go!"

"Hmm?"

Elijah pursed his lips, fixating on Chris' firm grip on Lena's hand. It was strange. He had always found Chris alright, but now that he would become his brother-in-law...

a moment of peace!" Elijah furrowed his

eyeing him in disbelief. "Why should

brother. What other reason is

"Get out of here!"

"You..."

two stop arguing?" Lena interjected, turning to look at them.

Elijah exchanged glances, raising their eyebrows at each other in a

Nala still in the hospital?" Lena

"Yeah, she's still there..."

there

Elijah struggled to

and that makes me Nala's aunt! If Nala hasn't found a suitable bone marrow match

his eyes

was Nala's aunt, Lena's first instinct was to offer her bone marrow to save Nala. They were twins, but they

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