Chapter 24: A Surprise Visit

"Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us."

-Boris Pasternak-

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It was Sunday morning and Eva woke up because she heard some noises from outside. She checked the clock and it was eight am.

Usually Eva would be awake by seven because she was an early bird and if she wasn’t already awake by then, Stefan would knock on her door to wake her up for breakfast.

This time it was slightly different and it made her wonder what was happening. She pushed away the blanket and walked outside.

She stepped into the elevator and headed downstairs and when the elevator door opened, Eva saw Stefan’s younger sister Monica and her husband Patrick who Eva had met at her birthday party before, but something was a bit different this time because she didn’t come there alone.

There was also a little stroller with a bear, I mean, a human baby inside, but the baby was wrapped in a bear jumpsuit for babie