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

if Ruby

her kids in there. Her abductor had left with

right?!

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

hand around her

They're in a better

stupid. Oh, she never should've been their mother. She didn't deserve

she whimpered. "They didn't

lightly on the back. "You're not weak, Sylvie. Stop

on her shoulders, until after a long time, when

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tears rolling down her cheeks. "You said you've been looking

hand to

him. He had stepped out to get and when he returned, he found her dead in the room." She dropped her

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 living a

didn't like

in

was your mother," Ruby

should feel shocked. Confused. Hurt.

but she could hardly express them. Sitting across from Ruby in a mini bar close to the

squeezed juice Ruby had ordered for her. Staring at the thick reddish liquid in the glass, all Sylvie could see was her life

wooden table between she and Sylvie as though the whole scene was replaying right in front

of events, but in the end, my parents won, and Miller

at the mention of her fa... former father's name. But none of the emotions she felt mirrored on her

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

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

always checking up on you. Back then, he'd hang around your school and watch you walk with your friends. He

couldn't meet you because... he felt you were better off with Eldon and your sisters. He didn't want to drag you

shakily. "Three years after Floria's

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finally met Ruby's,

He was dead!?

He fell

survive it, "Ruby continued. "Hours before his death, he forced me to make a promise. He wanted me to 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 from him and bring you to the