Estella's wails snapped Roxanne out of her trance, and the woman found her face covered in tears.
“Oh Essie, I've missed you. I miss you so much....”
She pulled Estella into her embrace and tightened her arms around the little girl, wishing they would never be separated again.
Not a day went by in the past six years without her missing the child she thought she had lost.
In fact, the thought of that child was the reason she was motivated to wake up from her previous coma.
Little did she know the child she had been missing dearly was right by her side all this while.
As she thought about everything Estella experienced in the past six years, she felt extremely guilty.
I've missed out on her life for so many years. Yet, since the day we met, she's been helping me recover from my hurt and pain.
“I'm so sorry... It's all my fault...” Roxanne could not help but apologize profusely.
Meanwhile, tears started to well up in Archie and Benny's eyes.
They always knew they had a sister, but they thought she was gone.
As such, they had been caring for and loving Roxanne on behalf of their little sister as well.
Now that they found out that Estella, whom they had been taking care of, was their biological sister all along, the two boys were over the moon.
“Hooray! Our sister is alive, and she's always been by our side!”
Benny wiped the tears off his face and looked at his brother, who also shed tears of joy. The latter then nodded vigorously at Benny.
Yes! This is great news!
Lucian's heart clenched in sorrow when he saw Roxanne and the kids sobbing uncontrollably.
“You didn't do anything wrong, Roxanne. It was entirely my fault. I should have told you the truth the moment I found out you had no clue about Essie's background, but I had too many reservations. If you need to blame someone, blame me.”
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