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Episode 38

“Is that true?” Grace asked looking at Diana who kept shaking her head not wanting Jack to say a thing.

“Grace please, we cannot be talking like this here, look, people are watching us. Can we move to a decent place and sit to talk like grownups?” Jack held Grace`s hand, she turned to look at him seeing Diana was not responding.

“Please” Ben chirped in too.
“Can you please stay away from my daughter you two, please I beg you before I do anything crazy, just stay away!” Diana stepped in but it was too late and Grace was now thinking of hearing what Jena and Ben had to say.

“You are right, we do not have to cause a scene here, let’s go, mom, I will be okey. I see you don’t look well but trust me am coming back, you will wait for me at auntie`s place?” she asked her mother seeing how mad she looked.

“No, am not going anywhere Grace, am not letting you out of my sight for a minute with these people. Come on, if they want to talk to you they will have to come home” she added
“I have given you enough chances to make things right Diana, I know you are bent on doing this and if you insist, I swear I will just make a phone call and you will be locked for what you did years ago, there is no turning back you know, this is over for you” Jena spoke her voice firm this time Grace wondered what she was referring to. After a bit of exchange of words, Grace agreed to speak to them and Diana who insisted she was not left alone with them followed along, they settled at a lodge along airport road.
Jack watched at a distance as he noticed the tension between the people around him, Grace walked silently ahead of everyone with Diana following closely behind her. Jack was in the middle, Ben and Jena walked behind him holding each other so close Jena`s face was so down he felt for her. He with all he was wished the people around him would work out their differences and make peace for the sake of Grace, he knew she was strong enough to stand on her own but dee down his heart he wanted what was good for her, a good family that she would look up to and a place to call home.

Jack was lost in thoughts when he realized they all had sat down and silence hovered around the place he was the only one still standing tall. He cleared his throat and smiled slightly

“Well, what can get you all. Some drinks or maybe water?” he asked and was let down when no one responded to him.

“Baby? What can
.?” he almost asked Grace but she looked at him shaking her head.
“How on earth did you come to know of these people? Why are we here when you so well know that this woman claiming to be my mother threw me away barely hours after I was born” Grace cut him short Jack stared at her in silence.

“Am sorry, I thought
”
“Shut up! Just shut up Jack, you are not even supposed to be here” Diana cut in moving closer to Grace as though that would make her stay on with her.

“Well, Grace, this might not be the best way for us to meet, but we need to discuss this and its best we do it today” Ben spoke as usual calmly.

“Uncle Ben, I have been meaning to ask this, but why are you here? Do you know this woman too?” she asked Ben.
“Well, um, am your father Grace,” Ben cleared his throat

“You are what? How come. I know your wife Uncle Ben. I saw the two of you, I don’t get why you are with this woman claiming to be my mother, can someone start from the beginning and tell me what is going on” She sighed sitting up.

“I will tell you everything my daughter, you have it all wrong all these years Grace, you are our baby and we love you. I loved you from the day you were born. I felt the mark on your back and was sure it was the very connection to you as I have the same mark under my breast.” She paused with a sad smiled Grace touched her neck and realized she had known about it.
“I know I had not done well to leave you in the hands of another family but I was so young and immature, if I could turn back the hands of time so I could re-live that day, I swear on my life I would never leave you. I know I was wrong and Diana and her husband knew how sorry I was, I pleaded to have you back my child. Your father and I spend a lot of time searching for you and when we finally found you we were complete, we were happy together till
” Jena paused tears running down her face as she spoke, Grace could not look at her face for fear of crying along too, she so much wanted to be okey and not be affected by anything she was hearing but the sadness and the sincerity in the voice of Jena made it so hard to her she ignored the hand of Diana holding her firm.
For some time Jena and Ben explained to her what really happened, how they had come to know of her being alive years later and started the second search for her. She stood up wiping her face she could not hold herself anymore.

“What do you want?” she asked surprising all of them except Diana who felt proud she stood up to hold her but Grace turned her face at her shaking it vaguely.

“Why did you lie to me Mother? Why did you tell me they never wanted me and had thrown me away? Why?” she asked
“Grace, it’s not how they are putting it, you are my baby and I have always loved you. Don’t listen to any of this and lets just go home” Diana responded

“No, you know what? I don’t even know what to say to both of you, you mother has made me live a lie, yes am grateful for what you did for me but dad was right, I had the right to know the truth but you wanted to bury it all, you manipulated me and made me go thousands of miles away from home so that you keep me hidden. I trusted you but for now I don’t even know what to think of you” she scolded her angrily moving away from her
“Don’t do this to me Grace, please, your father would
”

“He wanted to tell me the truth but you never wanted that did you? Why mother? why would you create such lies, fake my death to these people? If you had a heart of a mother all you could have done is tell the truth” she shook her head wiping her tears.


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