Loredana shook off her hand. “I want to hear the truth.”
Obviously, she was deliberately hiding from her, that it was definitely not a minor illness.
Knowing she could not hide it, Maxina sighed deeply. “Let’s go back to the ward.”
She stayed in the VIP single room and it was quiet. There were too many people in the park.
Loredana did not utter a word and she acquiesced to her suggestion. She followed her into the hospital and to the ward she stayed. She walked in and opened the window. There was a park between the ward and the building she stayed before.
“How long have you stayed here?” she asked.
“A couple of days.” Maxina sat by the bed and waved at her. “Come here, Lola.”
Loredana went and sat by the bed. Maxina took and held her hand. “I’m glad to know you’re pregnant.”
Loredana gently looked down.
“My disease is due to heredity, but don’t worry. The doctor said that as long as I cooperate for the treatment, there will be no problem for me to live for a few more years…” Loredana hugged her tightly and choked all of a sudden. “Why? Don’t you know I’ll feel sad… “
Maxina patted her on the back. “Don’t be sad, Lola. I’ll cooperate for the treatment and help you take care of your child in the future. Boyce said that as long as I cooperate for the treatment, he’ll help me find someone to commute my sentence. After getting treatment for a year and a half, and you giving birth, I can take care of your child like how I did to Simona and Samuel.”
Loredana said nothing, she felt despondent. “Mom, what do you think the most painful thing in one’s life is?”
Maxina thought she was sad when she recalled the past, so she comforted. “The past has passed, and you will live a happy life in the future.”
Loredana shook her head. “The most painful thing in life is that you have no idea when your family is standing right in front of you. That is why it’s so unforgettable when you lose them.”
Maxina’s body stiffened a little. “Have, have you known something?”
The emotion Loredana did not dare to express at home was revealed in front of Maxina without concealment at the moment.
She did not pay attention to Maxina’s words.
She was thinking about the tragedy between Victoria and Cormac.
Maxina sighed. “Lola, I’ve always seen you as my own daughter. I couldn’t help it back then too. He’s my father’s child before marriage. His mother’s identity was shameful to talk about and he’s a love child. He hadn’t shown his face in the public. No one knew he’s one of the Lennon’s…”
“Mom, what are you talking about?” Loredana wiped the sweat off her face. She could not understand what she said. She reached out and touched Maxina’s forehead, thinking maybe it was a relapse of psychosis.
Maxina took off her hand. “I’m fine. Didn’t you say something about not knowing your family standing right in front of you just now? Isn’t knowing who your true biological parents really are the most painful thing in life?”
Loredana sat motionless by the bed. She had lost the ability to move. She stared at Maxina with eyes glazed over. It took a long time for her to find her voice. “Bi, biological parents? You’re my mom, and Garrett’s my dad.”
“Garrett is not your father.” Although Garrett was dead, her hatred towards him did not disappear. She even thought that he did not deserve to be called a father by Loredana.
Speaking of this, Maxina did not want to hide it from her anymore. She took Loredana’s hand and said, “Lola, your father’s name is Stanley Lennon. He is my brother from another mother who shares the same father with me. Only the family knows his identity…”
Loredana stood up abruptly. “Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? I’m your daughter. I haven’t heard of or seen any Stanley Lennon.”
She could not accept it at once.
“Lola.” Maxina knew the truth was too sudden and she could not accept it for a moment. She could not help but sigh. She thought she had found it out and she wanted to tell her. Yet unexpectedly, she did not know that at all.
“You must be tired. Have a rest. I have to go back. Samuel and Simona are still waiting for me.” Loredana refused to listen to her anymore and she walked towards the door.
Maxina did not force her. “Come to me whenever you want to know. The necklace you’re wearing is left to you by your biological mother.”
Loredana paused slightly when she was holding the door handle, she then quickly opened the door and went out.
She walked quickly, and the bodyguard followed her. “Please slow down, ma’am.”
Loredana did not seem to hear him. She just wanted to leave there quickly.
She did not want to hear anything from Maxina.
When she got into the car, she said, “Let’s get out of here quickly.”
The chauffeur started the car and the bodyguard glimpsed at her with worry. “Are you alright, ma’am?”
Loredana reacted and she shook her head. “I’m fine.” She seemed to have thought of something and she added, “Don’t tell anyone that I’ve come out today, do you hear me?” Both the chauffeur and the bodyguard agreed.
She was in a trance all the way, as if she was having an unreal dream.
When she returned to the villa, she went upstairs and to the bathroom. She soaked a face cloth, folded it and lied down on the couch, putting it on her forehead.
She must have had a fever until her brain was befuddled, therefore she had auditory hallucinations.
Stanley Lennon is her father?!
She sneered. She had not even met him. How can it be?”
She desperately wanted to calm herself down, but weeds seemed to grow crazily in her heart. She could not calm down at all, or even think normally. Having thought of what Maxina said earlier, she extended her hand and touched the necklace she had been wearing. She caressed it with her fingers. After a long time, she was finally defeated by her curiosity. She sat up, took the wet face cloth off her forehead, put it on the table and took off the necklace.
The necklace had a very simple style and there was not even a pendant. She held it against the light and did not see anything special from it.
The only thing she was certain of was the necklace contained high purity of platinum. It flashed when facing the light and did not look like something made a long time ago.
When she wanted to wear it again, she found that there were small letters at the bayonet. Since the letters were too small to be seen clearly, she stood up and walked to the window for the light. Only then did she see what the letters on top were. hx.08.za0102.
She frowned. What’s this? She had not seen this brand of jewelry.
What does that mean?
She looked carefully over and over again. There was nothing else except those letters. She leaned against the couch. If it was really what Maxina had said, that that necklace was left to her by her mother, it would certainly have some special meaning.
After all, she would still more or less think of her daughter, right?
She did not feel melancholic. She had no feelings or regrets towards such a person she had not met. She just felt so – absurd.
She did not want to bother it anymore when she could not figure it out. She wanted to keep it properly. She stood up and went to the bedside, opened the bedside cabinet and prepared to find a box to keep it. However, she saw the contract document of the HX bank safe in the drawer. Jayden Mendelsohn had given the shares of WY Group to her two children and a pink diamond loved by her daughter. Since she had no place to put them, she had registered for a safe in HX bank to put all those valuable things in it. She was ready to take them out and give them to her children when they grew up.
The initials of HX bank were HX. Could it be a coincidence?
She took her phone and dialed the service number of HX bank.
The phone was soon connected, and there came a gentle female voice. “This is the service number of HX bank. Hello, what can I do for you?”
Loredana looked at the letters on the necklace and asked, “Do you have a safe named za0102?”
“Sorry, we don’t.”
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.