Monica placed the bag of books in her hand on the bedside table, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a casual smile, "Gosh, you scared me. I thought something was wrong!"
Then she looked at Rowan and politely said, "Dr. Watson, I'm back. You can now help my mom with the check-up!"
All eyes turned to the girl, and silence fell over the hospital room once again. Rowan made no move to examine Belinda, just gazing at her intently without a blink.
Sensing the strange atmosphere, Monica looked around at everyone, puzzled, and asked, "What's wrong? What's happening?"
Rowan had been fixated on her since Monica entered the room. Inwardly, he couldn't help but marvel at how much she had changed. He could hardly see a trace of her childhood features.
Belinda knew she couldn't hide it any longer. She slowly opened her palm and called out softly, "Monica."
Monica turned her gaze to her mother's hand, noticing a bracelet on her wrist, but there were two. How was this possible?
She took a step forward, reaching out to pick up the other bracelet from her mother's hand. It was clear that the inscription on it was different from her own.
What a coincidence?
"What... Where did this come from? Why is there another one like this?" Monica asked in confusion.
"This belongs to Dr. Watson," Belinda told her, pained. "Dr. Watson is very likely to be your biological brother."
Monica was stunned, her heart skipping a beat. She held her breath and glanced at her mother.
With tears in her eyes, Belinda said, deeply moved, "Monica, Mom already knows that you know. You don't have to keep it from me anymore."
Suddenly, Monica felt a ringing in her ears. She slowly turned to look at Rowan, whose gaze remained fixed on her.
Yet, she inexplicably learned about her true identity, as if the forces of the universe did not allow her to remain ignorant.
Her bracelet was usually kept in a drawer, and she rarely wore it herself. Yet this time, as if compelled by some unknown force, she had put it on her mother's wrist... and it had been noticed by Dr. Watson...
Perhaps this was the hand of fate, something no one could resist.
Gently moving away from his embrace, Monica looked at Rowan once again. "Let's go," she said, then stepped out, because she, too, wanted to know the outcome.
To acknowledge or not? How to acknowledge? How to handle this relationship in the future?
Those were all questions to be pondered later.
Since things had reached this point, everyone wanted a definite answer, and a paternity test was the most authoritative way to get it.
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Seriously!!! 2 very short chapters per day!!!...