Queen Of 2 Worlds

C H A P T E R - 3 6

Marietta P.O.V

I reached home and trudged towards my room. I threw my bag as well as myself on the bed. First, I had to talk to Mom. Second, I had to get that book. Then I would think about the rest of the work. Deciding that list in my mind, I moved out of the room.

'Life isn't simple. It's never simple for anyone. We make it simple. But is there any chance of making my life simple when I have billions of troubles? Well, for now, it depends on my trials. That how far I can go to make it simple.'

Mom and Anna were preparing dinner in the kitchen, settling and checking all the things were perfect or not. It was surely more than a dinner. I walked towards Mom and giving her a side hug, I kissed her soft cheeks. She smiled at me.

"How was your day?" She asked while checking something on the notepad.

"Good," I replied. "Mom, can we talk?" I asked.

"About?" She questioned and looked at me.

"About me," I replied, looking directly into her eyes.

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"Mom, if I ask you something. Promise me you will tell me everything, all truth." I said.

"What happened?" She asked. Concerned, scared, confused, so many emotions appeared on her face but she covered them all.

"Mom...promise?" I said, showing her my pinky.

Since childhood whenever I had any demand and I wanted to fulfill it. I always took a pinky promise from Mom so that after hearing it she won't deny it. Although, she never rejected my demands that promise was just to assured myself.

"Okay promise. Now tell me what is it?" She asked smilingly holding my pinky.

"Mom....I... I'm not your biological child, right?" I said in a whisper, looking at her. The way her face faded away all colors proved her shock. Her eyes widened and her mouth hung low.

"What?" She shouted.

"I already know the truth, Mom." I said. We both remained silent for a while. She was looking everywhere but me.

"Please....." I hold her hand and pleaded. I needed to know everything. What happened after that? How did they found me?

"Who? Tell me who told you this?" She asked, looking slightly angry. Her voice was aggressive yet concerned and scared at the same time. She added, "Caro, right?"

"No, Mom. No one told me anything. I just know...tell me one thing how did you found me?" I said, fighting back the tears.

She sighed, looking at me, and sadly smiled. "20 years ago, Max and I were coming back from dinner late at night. Our car stopped abruptly as the engine was heated too much. Max said we need water to cool it down but we didn't have water and we were in the middle of the highway. You know the shortcut route to our mansion, I'm talking about it. Only a few people know that there is a lake inside that forest."

"Really? A lake?" I asked.

"Yeah... We had an empty bottle. Max and I went inside to the lake. The weather was pleasant that night, I was enjoying it." A smile appeared on her lips and she closed her eyes like she was imagining the scene in front of her eyes.

"There was something different and beautiful that night. So many fireflies were wandering near a tree. Beautiful like green small spotlights. Out of curiosity or you can say their beauty attracted me that I began to walk towards them. Then I saw...there was a basket under the tree decorated with white flowers. Those fireflies were wandering around that basket. I called Max to looked at the scene. It was so mesmerizing."