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

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

right?!

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

put ta hand around her

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

felt stupid. Oh, she never should've been their mother. She

whimpered. "They didn't deserve someone as

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

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

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tears rolling

sighed, lifting her hand to stroke

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

woman had been very special to him." When she lifted her gaze to Sylvie again, it was filled with more warmth. "They had a child together, and he

reeled. She didn't like where this was

dead woman in

your mother," Ruby confirmed

shocked. Confused. Hurt.

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

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

and your mother - Floria - were lovers from highschool." 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 on life partners sand I already

the end, my parents won, and Miller and Floria got separated. Miller got married to Scarlett, and Floria

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

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

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

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

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

exhaled shakily. "Three years after Floria's

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finally met Ruby's, shock

He was dead!?

He fell

day that Eldon decided to kick you out, I must