Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4

Veronica hasn't spoken to her husband in days or weeks. Her last conversation with her husband was on Aideen Drew's birthday.

Edward was drinking his coffee when he heard Helena's scream, which sounded like she was in excruciating pain.

And as he was walking downstairs, he noticed his wife talking to Aideen about telling the driver to prepare the car.

"It's okay, you're going to have a child," Veronica says. When he heard what his wife said, he dashed towards Helena, carrying her, and then walked quickly outside, oblivious to his wife.

Veronica felt a large bang in her heart as if she was getting shot at. She's definitely envious. She's also angry and furious, so she chooses to stay at home. Hours later, she receives a call from her husband, which she answers and was about to ask if everything is okay when Edward spoke first.

"It's a girl! A beautiful girl!" - The moment she heard her husband's voice, she burst into tears and hung up.

Her husband was so happy that he was like celebrating because he was so happy, she could tell just by hearing her husband's voice. She shattered the paper in her hands. She was now filled with rage. When the image was reversed, it appeared as if she was the mistress and Helena was the wife, as if Edward, Helena, and their child were the real families. Out of rage, she throws everything her hand touches.

"What did I ever do to deserve this?" Veronica sobbed. When the door opened, she saw her son, who made her cry even harder.

"Mother?" her son approached her and hugged her, "what's wrong mother? Are you hurt? Don't cry anymore," Aideen said, and his mother stopped crying.

When Veronica felt her son crying on her shoulder and told her to stop, she did.

"I'm sorry, baby. Did Mommy scare you?" she asked her son, trying to hold back her tears. Her son agreed.

"Dad hurt you again?" Veronica shakes her head, "don't lie mother," her son was angry, so she just smiled and shook her head once more.

"No, baby, let's go to your room?" she says, changing the subject.

"Yes, please; I'm sleepy," yawned her son.

"All right, let's eat first, then we'll go to bed. Mother will sleep with you."

They sleep together in Aideen's room after dinner, without waiting for her husband.

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'Days, weeks, and months have passed since then mi amor. Roseanna is now seven years old. Raphael, my baby Rose looks exactly like you. I couldn't help but wonder why. She has super red hair like yours, milk-white skin, and the shape of her nose and lips is similar to yours. There's no trace of Edward in her, as if she's not his child. I am starting to think she's your daughter,' she wrote in her letter to Raphael today.

"Mom?" Roseanna asked as she entered her room.

"Rose? Is there anything wrong? Come here, baby," she said, tapping the side of her bed. Roseanna then sat to the side, tapping her hand.

"Mommy, they said I don't look like my father's daughter; is that true?" her daughter asked, her face is sad.

"Ow baby! Don't listen to what others say okay? They are just uh- Just- just don't listen to them okay?" she said as she brushed her daughter's hair with her hands.

"Who is he, mommy?" asked her daughter Roseanna, pointing to the picture on her table. "Why does he look exactly like me?" she sighed. Her daughter is undeniably intelligent.

"That's my idol baby, and maybe because I love him so much and look at him every day while I'm pregnant with you, that's why you two look alike," she said to her daughter, smiling.

"Really? You love him that much, mom?" chuckles her doughy.

"I want to be an idol like mommy," her daughter says, clapping her hands.

"Don't you admire your big brother? He's intelligent and talented," she said, making her daughter pout.

"I don't like him; he's so annoyingly grumpy," her daughter said, stomping her foot.

"Mommy, don't laugh at me," her daughter said as she continued to stomp.

"Alright, alright. Stop stomping, you'll hurt your feet. You're going shopping with your dad, big brother, and big sister, right?" she asked as she stopped laughing.

"Yes, we're going to the mall," her daughter said cheerfully, nodding.

"OK, go change your dress. You're filthy. Where did you go?"

"At the garden, I was helping the helpers to plant; it's so much fun to plant, right mommy? Hihi"- her daughter giggles and twirls around happily telling her about everything she did and the garden.

'I've been thinking about it for two years. She enjoys gardening and planting seeds, just like you Raphael, and her attitude is similar to yours as well. 'I need to get a DNA test as soon as possible,' she thought to herself.

DINNER TIME As they ate in the dining room, Helena considered how she could obtain a DNA sample of Edward. So after they finish eating, Helena assists in cleaning the dishes in order to retrieve Edwards' and Roseanna's spoons and place them in her drawer before washing Roseanna and herself for bed.

Helena went out early in the morning to see the doctor who could help her.

"The results will be available in about a month," Dr. Arnault said after handing out the spoons.

"Thank you, doc. I should probably get going; I'll see you in a month or so"- she bowed slightly to show respect before walking out.

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Helena has been waiting for this day for 6 months since she went to Dr. Arnault to get Roseanna and Edward's DNA.

Dr. Arnault called and said the DNA results were already in. As she drove to the hospital, her heart was pounding hard.

'Tell me that following Edward was a huge mistake,' she mused in the back of her mind.

"Here it is, Helena; I hope you're ready for the outcome," Dr. Arnault said as he handed her the envelope.

She slowly opened the envelope, and when she read the DNA result, she began to cry. Helena became weakened, so Dr. Arnault assisted her in sitting on the chair; she was crying and unable to speak when she fainted.

Helena awoke and is now in a hospital bed, being monitored by Dr. Arnault.

" Quello Che è successo? Perché sono qui? (What happened? Why am I here?)"- she asked.

"Sei improvvisamente svenuto ore fa (You suddenly fainted hours ago)"- Dr. Arnault sighed "when I checked you I found out that you have a weak heart Helena."- He added Helena just sighed too "Cosa ti sei fatto? Credi che a Raphael piacerebbe quell'Helena? (what did you do to yourself? Do you think Raphael would like that Helena?)"- Dr. Arnault worriedly said she just look down "God Helena think about your daughter, what would she do if your gone?"

"I'm thinking of her, Arnault," she said.

"Then what are you doing to yourself? Don't you know Rose will be miserable if you're gone? Who will watch over her?" - Dr. Arnault said angrily, "You need a heart donor."

"I promise Arnault, I'm not going to do it again," she said, causing Dr. Arnault to sigh.

"Take care of yourself, Helena, for Raphael and your child, okay?" Dr. Arnault said, and she nodded.

Helena returned home with the DNA result, which she hid in her drawer next to her notebook for Raphael, but before she closed it, she wrote another letter for Raphael, and when she finished, she fell asleep.

Roseanna was busy planting in the garden, but she felt strange. She was worried about her mother, so she went up to see her mother. She knocked, but there was no response, so she went inside only to see her mom silently sleeping like a dead person. She got closer to her mom, but she couldn't feel her mom's breath.

"Mom?" she called to wake her up but received no response. "mother? Mommy?" she exclaimed when her mother still did not respond. Her eyes welled up with tears.

"Hey, mom? Mommy, please wake up," she shook her mother's body.

"Lady Roseanna, what's going on? I can hear your shouts clearly outside the door," says the maid.

"My mom won't wake up, why won't she wake up? Why is she still sleeping when I'm screaming so loudly," she cried, pleading "mommy wake up."

"Miss Helena? Miss Helena?" tried the maid, but Helena still didn't wake up, so she dashed downstairs to call an ambulance.