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 Ruby

wrong and it wasn't her kids in there.

right?!

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

She put ta hand around her shoulder and

on, darling. That's enough. They're in

Oh, she never should've been

so wrong for them, she whimpered. "They didn't deserve

now!" Ruby struck her lightly on the back. "You're not

continued crying on her shoulders, until after a long time, when the pain allowed her some sense

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voice still quivered with tears rolling down her cheeks. "You

lifting her hand

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

When she lifted her gaze to Sylvie again, it was filled with more warmth. "They had a child together, and he made me promise him that I'd do all I can to find this child and ensure she's

reeled. She didn't like where

dead woman in a married man's

mother," Ruby confirmed

shocked. Confused.

in a mini

her. Staring at

Ruby began the narration, her eyes 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

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

heart skipped at the mention of her fa... former father's name. But none of the

years later, they crossed paths again and well-" Ruby shrugged, her lips twitching. "-got 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

their affair, until one day, Floria ended up dead. Her death is still a mystery with no

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

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

shakily. "Three years after Floria's

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eyes finally

He was dead!?

He fell

was ever a day that Eldon decided to kick you out, I must not hesitate to