<b>Chapter </b><b>186 </b>
<i>“</i><i>She </i><i>was </i><i>standing </i>on <i>the </i><i>bridge </i>over <i>the </i><ike</i>. <i>Probably </i><ipting </i>suicide. I don’t know why; but in <i>that </i>moment…she looked <i>like </i>an angel. <i>An </i><i>answer </i>to <i>my </i><i>prayers</i>. I immediately <i>ran </i>over to her and <i>begged </i><i>her </i><i>for </i><i>help</i>.
I could feel my eyes began to water as he began to exin how I ended up with Diana.
<i>“</i><i>Ma’am</i>!! Please! I need <i>your </i><i>help</i><i>!!</i><i>” </i>
“<i>What </i><i>is </i><i>it</i><i>??</i>”
<i>“</i><i>I</i>…<i>need </i><i>you </i><i>take </i><i>this</i>…<i>please</i><i>!!!</i>”
<i>“</i><i>Take </i><i>what</i><i>?? </i><i>Who </i><i>are </i><i>you</i><i>??</i><i>” </i>
<i>“</i><i>I </i><i>don’t </i><i>have </i><i>time </i>to <i>exin</i><i>! </i><i>Just </i><i>please</i><i>! </i><i>Before </i><i>they </i><i>hurt </i><i>her</i><i>!!!</i>”
“<i>Her</i><i>??? </i><i>What are </i><i>you </i><i>carrying</i><i>???</i><i>” </i>
Thorton exined how he immediately shoved me into her arms and ran away. <ol><li>s. <i>I </i><i>watched </i><i>her </i><i>look </i><i>down </i><i>“</i><i>I </i><i>stood </i><i>behind </i><i>a </i><i>wall </i><i>in </i><i>the </i><i>parking </i><i>lot </i><i>so </i><i>I </i><i>could </i><i>see </i><i>what </i><i>her </i><i>next </i><i>mov </i><i>at </i><i>the </i><i>baby </i><i>in </i><i>her </i><i>arms</i>. <i>Watched </i><i>her </i><i>face </i><i>turn </i>to <i>shock </i><i>and </i><i>then </i><i>tears</i>. <i>Watched </i><i>her </i><i>look </i><i>around </i>as <i>if </i><i>she </i><i>were </i><i>looking </i><i>to </i><i>see </i><i>where </i><i>I </i><i>went </i><i>before </i><i>walking </i><i>to </i><i>her </i><i>car </i><i>and </i><i>immediately </i><i>leaving</i>.” </li></ol>
The tears began to fall down my face as I recalled the time my mother told me I was a gift that saved her life….now I knew why. Turns out, we were each other’s saviors.
<i>“</i><i>Afterwards</i><i>, </i><i>Sharon </i><i>concocted </i><i>this </i><i>whole </i><i>story </i><i>about </i><i>the </i><i>baby </i><i>being </i><i>kidnapped </i><i>while </i>she <i>was </i><i>sleep</i><i>. </i><i>The </i><i>kid </i><i>was </i><i>a </i><i>Rochester</i>, <i>so </i><i>it </i><i>wasn’t </i><i>hard </i><i>to </i><i>believe</i><i>. </i><i>Calvin </i><i>lead </i><i>a </i><i>three </i><i>search </i><i>before </i><i>Sharon </i><i>begged </i>him <i>to </i><i>call </i><i>it </i><i>off</i><i>. </i><i>Saying </i><i>that </i><i>she </i><i>was </i><i>too </i><i>afraid </i><i>to find </i><i>the </i><i>child </i><i>dead</i>…<i>ironic </i><i>right</i>. <i>But </i><i>with </i><i>no </i><i>ransom </i><i>ever </i><i>being </i><i>made</i><i>, </i><i>they </i><i>all </i><i>assumed </i><i>the </i><i>worse</i><i>.</i><b><i>” </i></b>
<i>“</i><i>Shortly </i><i>after</i><i>, </i><i>they </i><i>adopted </i><i>the </i><i>Olivia </i><i>kid</i><i>. </i><i>Turns </i><i>out</i><i>, </i><i>Sharon </i><i>had </i><i>actually always </i><i>wanted </i><i>a </i><i>daughter</i><i>. </i><i>But </i><i>what </i><i>she </i><i>didn’t </i><i>know </i><i>was </i><i>that </i><i>Calvin </i><i>made </i><i>sure </i><i>his </i><i>DNA </i><i>was </i>in <i>the </i><i>system </i>and <i>ordered </i><i>that </i><i>if </i><i>a </i><i>child </i><i>born </i><i>that </i><i>same </i><i>day </i><i>and </i><i>year </i><i>ever </i><i>came </i><i>in </i><i>that </i><i>was </i><i>sick </i><i>or </i><i>had </i><i>an </i><i>ident </i>to <i>immediately </i><i>have </i><i>them </i><i>tested</i><i>. </i><i>Of </i><i>course </i><i>I </i><i>didn’t </i><i>know </i><i>that </i><i>either</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>
So that’s how I was found. They tested my blood after the ident…so I really was a Rochester… she’d done all of that for nothing.
Kai’s brows furrowed.
<b>694 </b>
“Tell me something Thorton…<i>why </i><i>not </i><i>just </i><i>test </i><i>the </i><i>baby</i><i>? </i><i>After </i><i>you </i>took Gracie…you could have had her tested and <i>then </i>informed Sharon <i>of </i><i>the </i><i>results</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>
Thorton’s eyes twitched as the guilt began to overpower his gaze. <fnf916> N?w ?ovel chapt?rs are published on ?ovelFind</fnf916>
<i>“</i>Because <i>I </i><i>was </i>too afraid of <i>the </i><i>results</i>. <i>I </i><i>honestly </i>thought for <i>sure </i><i>she </i>was mine. I was afraid that <i>if </i>I
learned the truth<i>, </i><i>I </i>wouldn’t be <i>able </i>to let her go. I <i>couldn’t </i>do <i>that </i>again<i>” </i>
I looked at Thorton with a puzzled expression. Again?
“<i>Why </i><i>were </i><i>you </i><i>so </i><i>convinced</i><i>?</i><i>” </i>
Thorton lit another cigarette. Took another drag and let out a deep sigh.
“<i>Because </i><i>her </i><ist </i><i>kid </i><i>was </i><i>mine</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>
WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!
All of our eyes widen!! Wait….does he mean….I had to know…
“<i>Wait </i>a <i>minute</i><i>!!! </i><i>Are </i><i>you </i><i>saying </i><i>you’re BRIAN’S </i><i>biological </i><i>father</i><i>???</i><i>” </i>
Thorton nodded in response. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Thorton exined how he’d sneaked and got a paternity test for Brian one day after seeing him.
<i>“</i><i>The </i><i>kid </i><i>looked </i><i>just </i><i>like </i><i>I </i><i>did </i><i>as </i><i>a </i><i>child</i>. <i>Over </i><i>the years </i><i>he </i><i>ended </i><i>up favoring </i><i>Sharon</i>, <i>but </i><i>as </i><i>a </i><i>child</i><i>…</i><i>my spitting </i><i>image</i><i>. </i><i>Of </i><i>course </i><i>he </i><i>was </i><i>a </i><i>boy</i><i>, </i><i>so </i><i>there </i><i>were </i><i>never </i><i>any </i><i>worries of </i><i>a </i><i>paternity </i><i>test</i>.”
I swallowed hard. This was all too much.
“<i>Does </i><i>Sharon </i><i>know</i><i>?</i><i>” </i>
<i>“</i><i>Yeah</i><i>…</i><i>she </i><i>knows</i>. I <i>told </i><i>her </i><i>immediately </i><i>after </i><i>finding </i><i>out</i><i>…</i><i>asked </i><i>her </i><i>to </i><i>run </i><i>away </i><i>with </i><i>me</i>. <i>But </i><i>she </i><i>said </i><i>she </i><i>couldn’t</i><i>…</i><i>that </i><i>Calvin </i><i>would </i><i>find </i>us<i>…</i><i>that </i><i>it </i><i>wasn’t </i><i>the </i><i>type </i><i>of </i><i>life </i><i>a </i><i>child </i><i>should </i><i>have</i><i>. </i><i>That </i><i>she </i><i>LOVED </i><i>our </i><i>baby </i><i>too </i><i>much </i>to <i>make </i><i>him </i><i>suffer</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>
<i>“</i><i>Of </i><i>course </i><i>I </i><i>realized </i><iter </i><i>on</i><i>…</i><i>she </i><i>just </i><i>wanted </i><i>to </i><i>secure </i><i>her ce </i><i>as </i><i>a </i><i>Rochester</i><i>. </i><i>Calvin </i><i>was </i><i>the </i><i>only </i><i>one </i><i>with </i><i>three </i><i>sons</i>…<i>and </i><i>because </i><i>he </i><i>was </i><i>the </i><i>oldest</i><i>, </i><i>his </i><i>three </i><i>sons </i><i>would </i><i>inherit </i><i>majority </i><i>of </i><i>the </i><i>businesses</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>
<b>9:01 </b><b>Sun</b>, Sep 14 B
Kai’s brows furrowed.
:
<b>94 </b>
<i>“</i><i>Tell </i><i>me </i><i>something </i><i>Thorton</i><i>…</i><i>why </i><i>not </i><i>just </i><i>test </i><i>the </i><i>baby</i><i>? </i><i>After </i><i>you </i>took Gracie<i>…</i><i>you </i><i>could </i><i>have </i><i>had </i><i>her </i><i>tested </i><i>and </i><i>then </i><i>informed </i><i>Sharon </i>of <i>the </i><i>results</i>.<i>” </i>
Thorton’s eyes twitched as the guilt began to overpower his gaze.
“<i>Because </i><i>I </i><i>was </i><i>too </i><i>afraid </i>of <i>the </i><i>results</i>. <i>I </i><i>honestly </i><i>thought </i>for <i>sure </i><i>she </i><i>was </i><i>mine</i><i>. </i><i>I </i><i>was </i><i>afraid </i><i>that </i><i>if </i><b><i>I </i></b>
<i>learned </i><i>the </i><i>truth</i><i>, </i><i>I </i><i>wouldn’t </i>be <i>able </i>to <i>let </i><i>her </i><i>go</i>. <i>I </i><i>couldn’t </i>do <i>that </i><i>again</i><i>” </i>
I looked at Thorton with a puzzled expression. Again?
“<i>Why </i><i>were </i><i>you </i><i>so </i><i>convinced</i><i>?</i><i>” </i>
Thorton lit another cigarette. Took another drag and let out a deep sigh.
“<i>Because </i><i>herst </i><i>kid </i><i>was </i><i>mine</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>
WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!
All of our eyes widen!! Wait….does he mean….I had to know…
“<i>Wait </i>a <i>minute</i><i>!!! </i><i>Are </i><i>you </i><i>saying </i><i>you’re </i><i>BRIAN’S </i><i>biological </i><i>father</i><i>???</i><b>” </b>
Thorton nodded in response. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Thorton exined how he’d sneaked and got a paternity test for Brian one day after seeing him.
<i>“</i><i>The </i><i>kid </i><i>looked </i><i>just </i><i>like </i><i>I </i><i>did </i>as <i>a </i><i>child</i><i>. </i><i>Over </i><i>the </i><i>years </i><i>he </i><i>ended </i><i>up </i><i>favoring </i><i>Sharon</i>, <i>but </i><i>as </i><i>a </i><i>child</i>…<i>my </i><i>spitting </i><i>image</i><i>. </i><i>Of </i><i>course </i><i>he </i><i>was </i><i>a </i><i>boy</i><i>, </i>so <i>there </i><i>were </i><i>never </i><i>any </i><i>worries </i><i>of </i><i>a </i><i>paternity </i><i>test</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>
I swallowed hard. This was all too much.
“<i>Does </i><i>Sharon </i><i>know</i><i>?</i><i>” </i>
“<i>Yeah</i>…<i>she </i><i>knows</i>. I <i>told </i><i>her </i><i>immediately </i><i>after </i><i>finding </i><i>out</i><i>…</i><i>asked </i><i>her </i>to run <i>away </i><i>with </i><i>me</i>. <i>But </i><i>she </i><i>said </i><i>she </i><i>couldn’t</i><i>…</i><i>that </i><i>Calvin </i><i>would </i><i>find </i><i>us</i><i>…</i><i>that </i><i>it </i><i>wasn’t </i><i>the </i><i>type </i><i>of </i><i>life </i><i>a </i><i>child </i><i>should </i><i>have</i>. <i>That </i><i>she </i><i>LOVED </i><i>our </i><i>baby </i><i>too </i><i>much </i><i>to </i><i>make </i><i>him </i><i>suffer</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>
<i>“</i><i>Of </i><i>course </i><i>I </i><i>realized </i><iter </i>on<i>…</i><i>she </i><i>just </i><i>wanted </i>to <i>secure </i><i>her </i><i>ce </i>as a <i>Rochester</i>. <i>Calvin </i><i>was </i><i>the </i><i>only </i><i>one </i><i>with </i><i>three </i>sons…<i>and </i><i>because </i><i>he </i><i>was </i><i>the </i><i>oldest</i><i>, </i><i>his </i><i>three </i><i>sons </i><i>would </i><i>inherit </i><i>majority </i><i>of </i><i>the </i><i>businesses</i>.”
<b>9.01 </b>
<b>Sun</b><b>, </b><b>Sep </b><b>14 </b><b>D </b>
1944
I shook my head in disgust. My mother was a real monster. She’d protected Brian to secure her ce and ordered my death for the same reasons.
<i>“</i><i>Anyway</i><i>…</i><i>after </i><i>what </i><i>happened </i><i>that </i><i>night</i>, <i>I </i><i>ended </i><i>our </i><i>affair</i><i>. </i><i>She </i><i>didn’t </i><i>even </i><i>bat </i><i>an </i>eye. When I found <i>out </i><i>she </i>adopted <i>the </i><i>girl</i>…<i>my </i><i>heart </i><i>tore </i><i>into </i>a <i>million </i><i>pieces</i>. <i>And </i>then…twelve <i>years </i><iter</i>…you showed up <i>again</i>. <i>Although </i><i>the </i><i>circumstances </i><i>were </i><i>tragic</i><i>, </i><i>I </i>was <i>d </i><i>Sharon’s </i>karma was <iing </i><i>back </i>to <i>bite </i>
<i>her</i><i>.</i>”
I furrowed my brows…is that what I was? Sharon’s karma? Thorton continued to speak.
<i>“</i><i>I </i>want you to know <i>Grd</i><i>….</i><i>I </i><i>always </i><i>knew </i><i>where </i><i>you </i><i>were</i><i>. </i>I’d <i>followed </i><i>up </i><i>on </i><i>Diana </i><i>Teagues </i><i>and </i><i>learned </i><i>she </i><i>was </i>an amazing <i>mother</i>….<i>I </i><i>don’t </i><i>expect </i><i>you </i>to <i>ever </i><i>forgive </i><i>me</i><i>…</i><i>but </i><i>I </i><i>hope </i><i>you </i>know<i>…. </i><i>I </i><i>don’t </i><i>regret </i><i>giving </i><i>you </i><i>to </i><i>her </i><i>that </i><i>night</i>. <i>You </i><i>deserved </i><i>better </i><i>than </i><i>your </i><i>mother </i><i>and </i><i>me</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>
My eyes watered up and the tears began to flow. Kai embraced me as Tyler and Parys rubbed my back. After letting out every single tear. of sadness I would ever cry again, <b>I </b>smiled warmly. I finally got my answers. Finally learned the truth.
Turns out my adoptive mother wasn’t some <i>‘</i><i>thief</i><i>‘</i>. Instead, she was an angel…my guardian angel.
I collected myself and stood up. Kai immediately stood up as well. I looked down at Benard Teagues no longer holding any hatred for him. Instead, I pitied him. Pitied him for being foolish enough to
ch his only son be fall in love with such a cruel and evil woman. A woman that forced him to raised by another man while ordering him to destroy his possible only daughter…all for greed and
status.
“Release <i>him</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>
Kai’s eyes immediately darted to me.
<i>“</i><i>Gracie</i><i>…</i><i>are </i><i>you </i><i>sure</i><i>? </i><i>You </i><i>don-</i>”
<i>“</i><i>I’m </i><i>sure</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>
I looked at Calvin and smiled lightly.
“<i>I </i><i>owe </i><i>him </i><i>Kai</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>
Kai’s face twisted with anger.
“<i>You </i><i>don’t </i><i>owe </i><i>him </i><i>any-</i><i>” </i>
<b>9:01 Sun</b><b>, </b><b>Sep </b><b>14 </b><b>B </b>
<i>“</i><i>Yes </i><i>I do</i><i>. </i><i>Kai</i><i>…</i><i>if </i><i>it </i>weren’t <i>him</i><i>, </i><i>I </i><i>wouldn’t </i><i>have </i><i>been </i><i>fortunate </i><i>enough </i>to be <i>with </i>my real <b>mother</b><b>… </b><i>Diana</i><i>. </i><i>I </i><i>also </i><i>would </i><i>have </i><i>never </i><i>met </i><i>you</i>…so <i>for </i><i>that </i><i>reason</i><i>…</i>I owe <i>him </i><i>a </i><i>debt</i>. This is my <b><i>payment</i></b><b><i>.</i></b><b>” </b>
Looking at Ramone, I repeated in a stern voice.
<i>“</i><i>Release </i>him.”
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