ALPHA'S HUMAN SURROGATE 47

CATRIONA

Are you saying that my aunt was not making things up because she hated me? Was she telling the truth, Miss Olivier?

Yes, child. Everything she said is true. You're not part of their family. But your mom and I didn't want you to find out this way.

If what you're saying is the truth then why didn't mom tell me that i was not her biological daughter? Why didn't she tell me that she adopted me, and on top of that, who is my biological mother? Who are my parents? I would like to know who they are and why they abandoned me. I asked Miss Oliver in so much pain and tears dropping out of my eyes uncontrollably.

Your late mother didn't know who your parents were. So am I, child. Your mother got you from an old woman in her hometown who had been chased out of the house by her husband because of you. And when your mother asked her who your parents were, she replied saying.... She got you from the street veranda curled up with dried tears on your face. When she tried to speak to you, the