"Vivian, I... I... don't know how to tell you. I'm really sorry..."
"Mom, just tell me what happened then. Who am I really? Do you plan to hide it from me my entire life?" Vivian pressed on with her questions when she sensed Rachel waver.
Looking at Vivian, Rachel was filled with guilt. If not for me, Vivian would have lived a life of luxury and needn't have to suffer together with me. I have done this to her. Am I really going to hide the truth from her forever?lt really isn't fair to her.
"Vivian, I'm sorry for lying to you all these years. I have wronged you!" Rachel was attached to Vivian after having spent so many years together. She hugged Vivian tightly and cried aloud, "Vivian, you have to forgive me."
"Mom." Vivian hugged Rachel back. "I don't blame you. After all, you are the one who raised me. Why don't you just tell me what happened back then?"
"Alright, I won't hide the truth from you anymore." Wiping off her tears, Rachel gave Vivian a guilty look and finally explained what happened in detail.
Back then, Rachel was poor and had to recuperate in her rented home after having just given birth.
One day, she noticed the faint cries of a baby when she was taking out the trash. Tracing the sound, she came upon a baby lying not far away in a corner.
"Whose child is this? Who has done this?" Rachel quickly picked the baby up.
She noticed that the baby legs were red from frostbite due to the morning cold. As a new mother, she was heartbroken to see the baby's condition and cursed whoever was heartless enough to have left the baby by the roadside.
Carrying the baby in her arms, Rachel waited downstairs for a while but no one came to claim it. Despite asking the surrounding neighbors, no one saw anyone dump the baby. Left without a choice, Rachel brought the baby back home.
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