Nine months too late: After divorce by Baby Charlene

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Ruby's eyes turned even more pitiful. "I'm sorry...."

"You shouldn't be cause they're not dead!" Her voice was near a shout for the first time. "All we have to do is find this woman, and we'll find my kids." She scoffed. "They can't be dead. I know it. She wouldn't bring someone over to assist with the delivery only to leave them behind to burn with me." "I don't know, Sylvie. Perhaps, she changed her mind and returned the kids, not wanting them to be the weak link that could be traced to her."

"No!" Sylvie yelled now. "It's not possible. It can't be!"

She bursted into tears,

, the ache in her heart having more reasons to return.

It couldn't be true. She couldn't just lose her kids after everything. They couldn't be dead.

let her cry until the tears had subsided a little. "I could show you where we buried them.

Ruby let her cry unti Some hours later, Sylvie and Ruby were at the graveyard. Her legs wobbled as the woman led her through the different tombstones until they got to two tombstones bearing the names: Little Fairy and Fairy Prince.

They hadn't even been named. Of course, how could they have been named when she was unconscious?

Sylvie dropped

her

knees, in-between the two graves. Her hand shivered as she reached out to touch the names. Was it really her kids? Were they truly dead? cheeks.

Unrestricted tears flooded her

"I'm so sorry, Sylvie," Ruby spoke from behind. "When you're ready, you can name them, then we have their names changed."

Sylvie continued crying, her shoulders slumped.

"I promise you, I'll help in the best way I can to find the woman who did this. I won't rest, Sylvie, until she pays for her crimes, and I don't even mean legally." Her eyes darkened. "When I do find her, the law will be too merciful for her." a long time, Sylvie remained there, crying her eyes out.

ī

For

She

wanted

to believe lieve

what if

in there. Her abductor had left

right?!

her, kneeling beside woman had changed her mind and brought them back to the warehouse? Were her kids really gone?

hand around her shoulder and pulled her into

enough. They're

never should've been their mother. She didn't

for them, she whimpered. "They

now!" Ruby struck her lightly on the back.

shoulders, until after a long time, when

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here?" Her voice still quivered with tears rolling down her cheeks. "You said you've been looking for

lifting her hand to stroke Sylvie's

dear to him. He had stepped out to get and when he returned, he found her dead in the room." She dropped her hand from Sylvie's hair, a frown crawling

it was filled with more warmth. "They had a

She didn't like

in a

was your mother,"

feel shocked. Confused. Hurt.

Ruby in a mini

juice Ruby had ordered for her. Staring at the thick reddish liquid in

staring down at the wooden table between she and Sylvie as though the whole scene was replaying right in front of her. "But our parents were strict on life partners sand I already had someone they wanted Miller to

events, but in the end, my parents won, and Miller and Floria got separated. Miller

skipped at the mention of her fa... former father's name. But none of the emotions she felt mirrored on her face. They stayed hidden, eating her from

involved in a forbidden affair. Floria became pregnant with you while married to Eldon, but it was for Miller. They both kept it a secret until ten years later, Eldon found out. He was hurt and filed for a divorce. I was a little surprised when I heard he kept you and didn't reveal the

up dead. Her death is still a mystery with no suspects found. But it ruined

him so... wounded. Devasted. Only then did I realize how much he truly loved Floria." A rueful smile touched her lips as she looked up at Sylvie, although Sylvie's empty eyes were staring blankly at the table. "You didn't know it, but he was always checking up on you. Back then, he'd hang around your school and watch you walk with your friends. He watched you for a long time, Sylvie. It was the one thing that kept him sane." Finally, an emotion. Sylvie's eyes moved, but they didn't

it, but he truly loved you, Sylvie. Unfortunately, he couldn't meet you because... he felt you were better off with Eldon

shakily. "Three years after Floria's death,

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reeled. Her eyes finally

He was dead!?

He fell

always look after you and ensure you were well taken care of. He said if there was ever a day that Eldon decided to kick you out, I must not hesitate to take you away