“Granny, things have already gotten this far. Are you not going to come clean? You’ve changed so much! You weren’t this way before! Everything I know, I learned from you. You said I shouldn’t hurt the ones I love, but I’m hurting right now! Don’t you love me anymore? Am I no longer your beloved grandchild?”
Seeing Winnie so distressed, Jacinta’s eyes gradually reddened. Nonetheless, she retained the impassiveness from before as she said, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Winnie remained rooted to the spot as her sadness overwhelmed her. She could not believe that this was happening.
With a sniffle, Winnie turned to take the maternity test from Josiah before thrusting it into Jacinta’s hands.
“These are the results of the DNA test between you and Stuart. What do you have to say for yourself now? How are you going to get out of this?”
Jacinta eyed the report and went into a daze briefly before ripping the report to pieces.
Winnie merely stood in front of her and watched until Jacinta stopped.
“Granny, you need to stop behaving like this. So what if you’ve ripped the report to bits? I can still request another copy. I can bring you thousands of copies! Even if you manage to rip all of them to shreds, it won’t change the fact that you’re Stuart’s biological mother!”
“Well, then!” Jacinta went silent for a second before launching an explosive tirade of questions, “Now that you know I’m Stuart’s mother, so what! I carried him in the womb for ten months! Is that somehow wrong? Am I unfit to be a mother?”
Soon, tears began to fall from Jacinta’s eyes as she shakily said, “D-Do you think I wanted that child? No. I had no choice! I endured that horrific birthing only for someone to take him away. Alas, he is still my son. He’s still my flesh and blood! Do you know how difficult it was for me to find him?”
Having said this, Jacinta straightened herself and pointed at Rufus.
“As for you! Why did you take him away? You could have just given him to me!” roared Jacinta in anger. “I know my parents had put you through hell, but I was not spared from their machinations too. And I hate them for that. However, that child was innocent! Why did you treat him so harshly after taking him away? You don’t like my son or my grandchild! They were ruined by you! Every single mistake they’ve made is your own doing!”
In the face of Jacinta’s accusations, Rufus frowned.
“I don’t like them. Yes, I’ll admit to this. I’ll admit that I was prejudiced against Stuart in the beginning. I’ve tried to accept him, but his character and mannerisms have really put me off. However, I’ve never been harsh with him. Whatever he was supposed to have was given to him as well.”
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