novelxo Chapter 42
Chapter 42: Wrong Room?
“...He will.” Albert nods.
...
The next morning, Alice brings her children to the hospital.
“Stay right here, alright? Mommy has got some work to do.”
“Okay!” Albert and Rebecca answer. Then they start playing with their iPad and leave their back to Alice.
Alice dazes a little at first, then she smiles at their reaction. She closes the door of her office as she walks out with medical
records to do her shift.
Albert is focusing on a mini-game that he develops recently. It is a zombie-killing game and it is still in the Beta phase. When he
is free, he would enter the game and try to ponder on how to develop a newer version of the game.
While Rebecca likes to draw and play the piano. She is now playing a virtual piano on her iPad. The office is filled with beautiful
melodies and a delightful atmosphere.
Time has passed. Suddenly, the door of the office opens. Rebecca is trying to create a new song with this virtual piano
application. When she heard the door opens, she happily turns around, “Mommy, you’re....”
Albert feels strange about why his sister stops calling their mother halfway. He looks at the direction of the door and dazes.
There is a man at the door. He is wearing a set of tailored-suit from Germany and a necktie in diagonal stripes. He is holding a
bouquet. He looks smart but a little bit worn-out.
The man is stun when he sees two cute and beautiful children in the room. Isn’t this Alice’s office?
Hair tie-up in a bun, fair and delicate skin, pouty lips with a bit of baby fat, this girl looks extremely cute. A small and tall nose,
matching with a cherry lip give this girl an adorable and innocent look.
The little boy standing beside the little girls is wearing a set of suits. He’s got dark hair, clear and dark eyes, well-sculptured face
structure, and a sense of coolness in his expression. He has this cuteness coming out from his coolness.
Edward thought he walked into the wrong room.
He walks out of the room and checks the description on the door. It is Alice’s office. He then walks into the room again. The two
children have already calmed down. They look at each other in the eyes and immediately understand what each other means.
It’s him!
Albert looks at Edward with his cool little face. He makes the first move and asks Edward in a cold tone, “What are you doing
here?”
No one has ever dared to speak to Edward this way.
However, for some reason, the moment he lays eyes on these children, he squats down and looks them in the eyes. “I’m looking
for the doctor here. Do you know where she went?”
There are sparkles in Rebecca’s eyes. If it’s not Albert, she would have jumped in Edward's arms already. It’s Daddy! In flesh
and bone!
But she is too excited to say anything. Her cheeks turn red, like an apple. Very adorable.
Albert is speechless about Rebecca’s reaction. He answers Edward, “If you are looking for mommy, you might need to wait for
her to come back from her patrol shift.”
Mommy?
Edward gets stunned. Alice has got children??
He looks at the children carefully and he noticed that he can actually see some part of Alice’s feature on the children. Especially
the little girl. She has Alice’s clear eyes.
Edward’s brows are furrowed when he come to such a conclusion. The atmosphere is filled with tension.
Albert knows his father is traumatized with the information bomb he just dropped. He gives Rebecca a signal, and give Edward
some time to digest what he has just heard.
Who’s the father of these children?
The question comes across Edward’s mind. When he is about to ask them who their father is, Alice comes back to the office
from her shift.
“Albert, Rebec....”
The moment Alice opens the door and sees Edward standing there, she is stunned. What is he doing here?!
“Mommy!” Rebecca happily runs to Alice when she sees her come back. Rebecca hugs Alice’s leg and asks, “Mommy, have you
done with your patrol?”
“Err, y...yes.” Alice is still shocked by Edward’s arrival.
“These are your children?” Edward stands up, looks Alice in her eyes, and asks.
“You...”
“Yes or No?” Edward feels like there’s a fire of rage burning in his chest. He recalls how Alice left him when she is pregnant with
his child. Did she get an abortion and runs away with John because she looks down on him for losing his money?
Alice knows Edward is about to lose his temper. The first thing that comes to her mind is her beautiful children. She says,
“Mommy needs to talk to this uncle for a minute. Aunt Julie is coming over soon, don’t wander far alright?”
Rebecca pouts her lips. Mommy doesn’t want us to recognize Daddy?
“Alright!” Albert answers. He holds Rebecca’s hand and gives her a comforting-eye-signal. Don’t make things worse for Mommy.
...
In a quiet coffee shop, they sit opposite to each other.
“Who are the parents of those children?”
Edward is still holding on to the question. Alice’s palms become sweaty. She panics but it doesn’t show on her face. She replies
in a chill tone, “They are my children.”
Edward’s brows furrow. He looks into Alice’s eyes, and ask, “Is it true? My mother told me that you got an abortion and got rid of
our child for good?”
He thought about this question so many times throughout this five-year time. He even doubts if Alice is capable of doing such a
thing. He never believes in any of those words until Alice disappeared in his life. In the end, he has no choice but to accept the
fact that she left.
If it is not true, there’s no need to disappear, right?
There are pains in Edward’s eyes whenever he thinks about this. But why, when he sees those children today, he has this crazy
idea of, maybe, they are his children?
They look like they are about four to five years old. It matches the time.
Could it be that Alice never gets that abortion?
Just when Edward is hoping for a negative response, Alice raises her head and looks Edward in his eyes, “Yes. You are well
aware of what happened back then. There no need to ask anymore.”
“Alice Roberts, how cruel...” Edward feels like his heart is stabbed by so many knives when he hears Alice answer. He laughed
at himself for asking such a stupid question.
He already knew the truth but he couldn’t resist the desire to clarify
He still couldn’t let go, even if it’s already five years.
Alice bites her lips with her shell-white teeth, trying her best not to relent.
It was Edward who betrays her and gets together with Joanna. He is the reason she ran away to a foreign country and decided
to hide her babies’ identity.