Chapter Twenty-Eight

Emma

When the door opens again, I am anxious, hoping to see Boris there, and that he will change his mind about taking my son.

But it wasn't my husband, it was his brother. I am startled to see Iuri.

"Iuri, what are you doing here?" I ask frightened.

"I heard you had the baby. How are you?"

"You can't be here. What if Boris comes back?"

He sits down in the chair next to me. Iuri puts his hand over mine and sighs.

"I don't think he's coming back."

"No..."

He had taken Alexei. Boris took my son from me in revenge? That can't be true.

"My father told you to do this. To leave you and take the boy."

So that's it. I got pregnant and he took my son? No, that can't happen!

"Help me, Iuri. I need to have my son back."

"You need to stay calm, Emma."

"How do you want me to stay calm? Your family destroyed mine. And now that they've taken my son, I want him back."

I get up from the bed, but Iuri holds my body, making me sit up.

"You just had a baby."

"Which has already been taken from me. That m