A Touch of Sweetness novel (Finnick and Vivian) novel Chapter 444

Looking up at Rachel, Vivian shook her head slightly and hesitated before speaking. "No, Mom. But... I have a question."

"What is it?" Rachel found Vivian's expression to be a little odd. "Silly girl, you can ask me anything. What are you finding so hard to talk to your own mother about? It's not like I have anything to hide from my daughter."

Rachel's words struck a sour note in Vivian's heart. She struggled to hold back her tears and still hoped that the doctor's examination was a mistake.

"Mom, I... am... Am... I..." Vivian stammered, still unable to get the words out.

"What on earth is it that's making you stutter like that?" asked Rachel with a smile.

Vivian tried to look Rachel straight in the eye as she enunciated every word. "Am I your biological daughter?” She poured every bit of hope she had as she silently prayed that her mother would at least give her some reassurance.

The question Vivian asked wiped the smile off Rachel's face in an instant. She trembled in fear and turned away from Vivian. At that point, she could not bring herself to look at her daughter.

Rachel's reaction served to confirm her worst fears, and immediately, her heart sank all the way into an abyss. Vivian anxiously grabbed onto Rachel's hand and asked her the same question again. "Mom, answer me! Am I your daughter?"

All Rachel could do was cry as she beheld Vivian. The tears fell onto her sheets and quickly covered them with wet stains. Rachel shook her head slightly and kept crying without saying a word.

"Mom, I'm not your biological daughter then?" Vivian's voice finally cracked into a loud sob. It would seem that God favored his other children more. What the doctor said was true, after all.

Rachel shook her head more vigorously this time before stopping to weep bitterly. She covered her mouth to mask the sounds and dared not look at Vivian at all.