The Hidden Truth

ed very lucky seeing himself as a father of twins. Though he didn't know how he was going to clear all his bills, the twinnies sure gave him hope. He knew he would somehow find a way or the other to sort it out as long as his family were here with him.

ed the door handle. Steeling himself, he pushed open the door and stepped inside. The sight that met his eyes made his blood run cold. Gloria sat in the bed, her face

de was a female nurse patting her shoulder consolingly. He felt this was not the moment to be downcast. His wife needed him now more than ever. His pain was nothing c

all along, but she refused to give her child to anyone. Like a magical medicine, she felt Gerald's warm touch on her cheeks, and she understood she needed

ook her head in pain. Her reluctance was evident

's going t

Seeing her in such agony made his own tears come running out without delay. He felt so sorry for the baby, and most especially Glor

do anymore to bring back the child's life. Her eyes moved along Gerald's hands as he passed the still body to the nurse. "Please do

eminded himself of his gender, and that he needed to be strong for his family. "We still have one baby left to take care of, right? We can still be happy again with her. We don't

ight be difficult to get over the pain now, but she knew with he

s Aft

erson's

to the other door and opened it, and then Vanessa came out of the car, cradling the baby snugly in her arms. Madam Anita waited while

pping sound filled the air as a bunch of

choed through the room as a crowd of p

iar faces– workers from the company, Madam Anita's friends and many others. The room was filled with colorful d

crowd and approached Vanessa with flower

your idea," Vanessa smil

"Who

grandmother in astonishment, and she saw her beaming at her. Quite funny, they were both coming all the way from

t just aware. We actually planned this together,

You sure know how

e flowers waste?" Gerald cut in. "Th

nst his as she took the flowers. "Thank you, honey." They both exchanged a kiss on the cheeks b

don't need to thank us, ma'am. You've been so kind to us, and we'll forever be grateful for that. That's why we are

you all. I really appreciate everyone's effort to congratulate me.

t notice Gloria's absence in the crowd in spite of the many people that

ing for someone?" Ma

about Gloria. I don't unde

n turned stern. "I thought we had an understan

f yours. I'm sure Gloria must have given birth too by now. That'

's attention to divert to her. She looked around and saw a lot of eyes staring at her. Embar

all continue with the celebration." He strode towards the two, his face displayed worrisome. Some questions began to load up in his head. Questions like if the old Madam A

to your wife. She refuses to

o Grandma. You know how she is. She's at it again. I don't understand why she kept i

in the middle of a party. We can all discuss th

ss because I'm putting a stop to all t

you mean by that

t for you all including the baby. You

Eduardo to see if he had an idea of it, but Eduardo seemed equally surprised to hear that. She

to raise the baby away from the troubles here, most

fact you are the one making this a big deal. Gl

argument. From his perspective, he found Madam Anita's idea to be a great one, and it was better to accept her offer now before she changed her mind. This was the first time he woul

wasn't the best time to discuss this. However, she didn't want to give her grandma any hope o

hat's my final decision," Madam Anita s

ngly, and Vanessa instantly looked at the child in her arms, realizing how unfair she had been in carrying the young girl. She could only have her grandma blamed for it. Eduardo

king at the weird faces, she decided to approach them. "I'm really sorry for everything that just happened right now. You don't need to worry, everything is under control," she assured and they all nodded collecti

her, and Eduardo felt a sudden awareness of her presence. He pivoted around to face her. But before he could sta

saying is that we should try honoring her gift. You know she's getting old already. The last th

bring myself to leave her now and go to the States. Even if I decide to go, I still need

slight happiness grew within him as he saw Vanessa was on the brink of accepting the offer, given her expression. With just a little push, he knew she would eventual

eir marriage. Now that she had finally accepted, they couldn't just throw away the opportunity. He could feel Vanessa was