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

wasn't her kids in there. Her abductor had left with them.

right?!

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

her shoulder and pulled her

They're

should've been their mother.

them, she whimpered. "They didn't deserve

now!" Ruby struck her lightly on the back. "You're not weak, Sylvie. Stop

shoulders, until after a long time, when the pain allowed her

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

sighed, lifting her hand to stroke Sylvie's

out to get and when he returned, he found her dead in the room." She dropped her hand

warmth. "They had a child together, and he made me promise him that I'd do all I can to

didn't

in

mother,"

feel shocked. Confused. Hurt.

from Ruby in a mini bar

blankly at the untouched glass of freshly squeezed juice Ruby had ordered for her. Staring at the thick reddish

staring down at the wooden table between she and Sylvie as though the whole scene was replaying

was a 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

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

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 didn't

ended up dead. Her death is still

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 meet Ruby's gaze. However, Ruby was quick to see the pain flicker across her

Sylvie. Unfortunately, he couldn't meet you because... he felt you were better off with Eldon and your sisters. He didn't want to drag you into his messy

years after

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head reeled. Her eyes finally

He was dead!?

He fell

a day that Eldon decided to kick you out, I must not hesitate to take you away from him and bring you to the family where you truly belong. He's always