Chapter 16

Freya could not control the speed of her heart's beat. She patiently waited for Yael's mouth to open. She was nervous about the possible question, and that was not just nervousness because the fear she felt at the moment could reach the sky.

"Mommy, does daddy have a twin?" Yael finally spoke.

Freya's tongue seemed to retract upon hearing the question from her son. 'He saw him,' she said in her mind.

Freya knelt down so that, her and Yael's eyes were level. She grabbed his shoulder and hugged him tightly.

"Mommy, why are you crying? Did I say something wrong?" Yael asked worriedly. He tapped Freya on the shoulder.

"There is no problem, son! Mommy just remembered your daddy. I remembered our happy moments and how fate kept us apart." Freya wiped her tears and then she faced Yael. She stroked his hair. "Your daddy does not have a twin, son. He is the only son of your late grandmother," she said. She did not want to add her sin to her son. She did not want to invent another story be