Santiago went home once more to retrieve Jepherson's sperm from the sperm bank. After that, Raeleigh got pregnant through medical procedures.
However, when Raeleigh was only three days pregnant, the doctor made a major discovery. He informed her that he made progress with Shaney's illness , and that he might have misdiagnosed her condition.
At that time, Raeleigh had been so overjoyed that Shaney was fine, and she only remembered that she was pregnant after half a month since learning about Shaney. By the time she remembered that she was with child, she wanted to stop her pregnancy. However, Santiago persuaded her to give the baby to him.
Raeleigh pondered about it for a long time before finally agreeing.
Time passed in a blink of an eye, and Raeleigh had never expected for things to turn out the way it did. She gave birth to her second child, and Shaney had made a full recovery.
Santiago had told her that the baby was the will of
God, and he wanted her to keep the baby.
Raeleigh always thought that the baby belonged to Santiago. If it weren't for him, she wouldn't have gone through with her pregnancy.
She had never seriously thought about keeping the baby.
Raeleigh stared into the distance and slowly looked down at Jepherson. "Why are you asking me all this?"
"We're just having a chat about it."
Raeleigh did not reply and turned her face away.
Jepherson always had something up his sleeves, and Raeleigh suspected what was going on between them was just another part of his many schemes. Did he ever get tired of his calculating mind?
After that day, Raeleigh's body slowly recovered. Soon after, she received a call from Jacky who said he wanted to get Cedric and Shaney engaged.
Raeleigh was shocked to hear that. Shaney was but a child!
But soon, she realized that Shaney was already twenty years old.
"The children are still too young. Let's wait for a few more years. We can talk about this again in the future. Besides, I do not have a say in this matter; maybe you should ask Jepherson."
Jacky hung up the phone, and Deanna came straight to him.
As soon as Raeleigh finished discussing with Jepherson, Jacky came to see them with Deanna.
Raeleigh felt a little irritated at Jacky's sudden proposal. "Cedric is still a child. He can't even take care of himself, let alone take care of our family. I don't approve of this marriage. Let's talk about it in a few years."
"It's alright if you don't agree, but you should understand the situation first. Call Santiago and ask him what happened."
Raeleigh did as told, but it turned out that Santiago did not agree with the marriage either. When Raeleigh continued to question him, he insisted that there was no need to probe any further and that he would never agree to it.
When Raeleigh relayed the news to Jepherson, his face fell instantly and he started getting into a row with Jacky. Raeleigh was confused, not knowing what exactly was going on. She only found out later on that Shaney had gotten pregnant.
That night, Raeleigh couldn't fall asleep at all. She was baffled by Cendric's behavior!
But Raeleigh couldn't pin the blame on Jacky either, as it took two to tango.
It was the first time Raeleigh returned to A city after Marissa's death. Before she walked through the door, she heard Santiago yelling at Shaney, ordering her to get out of his way.
Shaney shouted back at Santiago, but he continued instructing her to move.
Raeleigh and Jepherson went in to see Santiago landing a kick on Cedric's belly, sending him rolling on the floor.
But Cedric didn't dare move.
The children were all terrified; everyone was too afraid to make any sudden movements.
Upon seeing Raeleigh, Shaney quickly ran over and hid behind her, pleading with her to help Cedric.
Raeleigh immediately shot Shaney a glare. "How dare you ask me to help him after what you've done?"
Shaney lowered her head and said nothing. Jepherson walked over and looked at her. "What are you going to do now?"
Cedric voiced out his intention to marry Shaney, but Jepherson gave no response as he continued staring at Shaney.
Raeleigh was unsure what was going on between the men, but Jepherson and Santiago were dead set on objecting to the marriage.
In the end, the two of them drove all the Scott family's children away. Jepherson took Shaney back home, and Santiago followed.
Though Jacky brought Cedric to Jepherson's home every day, the latter only ignored them.
When Jepherson took Shaney out for a vacation, he watched over her like a hawk, as if she was his prisoner. Raeleigh felt like she had returned to the time when the two brothers would work hand-in-hand to deal with an enemy.
Raeleigh found herself surprisingly worrying for Cedric. She thought about how unfortunate it was for him since Jepherson was likely to be mum about an answer for the next two years or so; although she did agree that getting married at twenty was too impulsive of an action.
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