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

her kids in there. Her abductor

right?!

mind and brought them back to the

hand around her shoulder and pulled her into a

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

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

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

lightly on the

until after a long time, when

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away from the

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

hand to stroke Sylvie's

been dear to him. He had stepped out to get and when he returned, he

lifted her gaze to Sylvie again, it was filled with more warmth. "They had a child together, and he made me promise him that

didn't like where this

woman in a married man's

was your mother,"

feel shocked. Confused.

Sitting across from Ruby in a

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

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

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

none of the emotions she felt mirrored on her face. They stayed hidden, eating her

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

until one day, Floria ended up dead. Her death is still a mystery with

wounded. Devasted. Only then did I realize how much he 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 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

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

"Three years after Floria's death, he passed

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Her eyes finally met Ruby's, shock

He was dead!?

He fell

"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 family where you truly belong.