Chapter 108
Chapter 108:
They assured her they’d come up with an excuse to rescue her from Jaris’s wrath.
What Marta never expected was for the test to come out in her favor.
No. She knew something was wrong.
Jace hadn’t been lying. She was never pregnant for Jaris but had gotten the kids from someone in Oryndor. That result should never have been a match.
“What did you do?” she asked her parents as soon as she found them in the living room. Her grandmother was just coming down the stairs.
“How are you here? I thought you’d be locked up or something?” the aged woman asked.
“Did you do something, Grandma p>
“Something like what p>
“Like… manipulating the result or something. Did you find a way to get to the doctor p>
“What are you saying? We all agreed that was impossible p>
“What the hell is going on? Talk to us!” her father urged.
Marta brushed her fingers through her hair as she started pacing the room. The whole situation was making her lose her mind.
“Marta p>
“The result was—” She shouted, stopping to look at her. “T-the DNA. The kids belong to Jaris p>
A heavy silence blanketed the room. They all looked at each other in awe.
“What?” her mother murmured. “How’s that—how’s that possible p>
“They can’t be his, Marta. We bought them, remember? Or did someone manipulate the results p>
“Beatrix is Jaris’s aunt. She’d definitely want to know if her nephew was being deceived, and if he was, she’d expose it. She wouldn’t cover up for us for any reason.” Marta pulled at the roots of her hair. “This isn’t right. Something isn’t right p>
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“Hold on,” her grandmother said, taking a seat. “Are you trying to say the kids we arranged for and bought in a faraway country are actually Jaris’s kids? How in hell is that possible? Who’s their mother, then p>
“I—I don’t know, Grandma. But this can’t be good.” Marta’s eyes were wide with panic. “How did I end up with Jaris’s kids? How is another woman pregnant for him and… and he knows nothing about it p>
“More importantly, who’s the mother of the twins? How could she possibly let go of them when they belonged to someone like Jaris p>
“We need to find her.” Marta pinched the bridge of her nose, frustrated. “We need to understand what’s going on. Grandma, we need to find the woman who sold the twins to us p>
“We’ve all been trying to find Penelope for the past four days, right? There’s still no sign of her p>