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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

there. Her abductor

right?!

kneeling beside woman had changed her mind and brought them back

her shoulder and pulled her

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

should've been

whimpered. "They didn't deserve someone

Ruby struck her lightly on the back. "You're not weak,

her shoulders, until after a long time, when the pain allowed her some sense of reasoning,

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are you here?" Her voice still quivered with tears rolling down her cheeks. "You said

hand to stroke Sylvie's

returned, he found her dead in the

more warmth.

reeled. She didn't like

dead woman in a married

mother,"

should feel shocked. Confused. Hurt.

Ruby in

the untouched glass of freshly squeezed juice Ruby had ordered for her. Staring at the thick reddish liquid in the glass, all Sylvie

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 on

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

fa... former father's name. But none of the emotions she felt mirrored

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

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

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

may not believe it, but he truly loved you, Sylvie. Unfortunately, he couldn't meet you because... he felt

"Three years after Floria's

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eyes finally met Ruby's, shock

He was dead!?

He fell

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

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