Raeleigh went to the hospital for an examination. When the results were out, she looked at Santiago and asked, "So? What is it?"
"You're pregnant. You're one month along."
When Raeleigh heard the results, she lowered her head and sat stiffly on the chair. She said after a long time, "I knew your brother was up to something."
"Isn't this the perfect timing?" Santiago sat down and smirked. Raeleigh glanced at Santiago and said, "Who would marry a rapist?"
"You, of course."
"I'm serious."
Raeleigh turned her face away. She was worried. She wondered what she should do?
"It's been five years. You should have stayed five years ago. You're now five years too late."
"You won't understand. He is narrow-minded. Francisen is like a thorn in his heart," Raeleigh said while massaging her head. Santiago raised his hand to help her. She closed her eyes and leaned back in her chair, saying, "I am very unlucky."
...
It wasn't until late at night that Raeleigh returned home. Shaney opened her eyes and looked at the door. Raeleigh came upstairs and said, "Have you eaten yet?"
Shaney said she had eaten and that she was also feeling a little sleepy. At this time, Shaney looked very cozy with Jepherson's arms wrapped around her.
Raeleigh stood by the stairs. She felt that this was her fault that they had been separated for so many years.
Raeleigh walked to one side and sat down. After a while, she asked Jepherson, "How are you feeling?"
Originally, Raeleigh wanted to tell him that she was pregnant, but immediately dismissed the idea. Jepherson looked at Raeleigh for a while. "Are you alright? Why did you rush downstairs? Shaney told me that you went to the hospital?"
"You know, my recurring sickness. I just feel like throwing up whenever I eat anything cold."
"You threw up?"
Raeleigh did not answer. Jepherson then asked, "In the past five years... did you and Santiago have sex after giving birth to Francisen?"
Shaney did not understand, but Raeleigh blushed and said, "Can we not talk about this in front of our daughter? I never thought that you would bring this up in front of our daughter."
"Please answer me. I just want to know."
Raeleigh shook her head. "No."
Jepherson asked, "So, it was just a one time thing?"
"Is it meaningful to ask these questions?"
"Yes."
Raeleigh said nothing. Jepherson gently soothed his daughter to sleep before lying down. Raeleigh did not sleep the entire night and just watched them sleep.
After that day, Jepherson's health deteriorated. He could not even bring himself to go into the office.
He had no choice. Jepherson's assistant had all come.
When he saw Santiago, his assistant went back and told Calvin and Belle about the situation here. The next day, Calvin and Belle showed up at Waverly Village. They knocked at the door at four o'clock in the morning.
Santiago was also surprised when he saw his parents at the door.
Belle immediately pulled her son into a hug and began to weep. Calvin's face was stiff. He wanted to slap Santiago, but he could not bring himself to do it.
"Why are you crying? Aren't you supposed to be happy to see me?" Santiago hugged Belle and breathed in his mother's scent. After a while, he let go of his mother and looked at his father.
When Belle entered the door, she saw Francisen standing by the stairs. He looked exactly the same as Santiago when he was a child.
Francisen was a little confused. He could not believe that he had so many relatives. He could not even remember who was who at this point.
"This boy..." Belle walked over and knelt down to look at the child, her hands trembling a little.
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