Luna was startled by Joshua's words. For a minute, she could not register what he truly meant and thought Joshua was grieving for their missing child.
"Is...that so?" Luna sighed. She clicked open the news website again. "Oh, wow... I wouldn't have noticed it if you didn't tell me."
Luna knew Yannie had a baby out of wedlock, so when she saw the news, her first thought was that Yannie got betrayed and did not pay attention to the information published in the news. It only came to her mind after Joshua mentioned it.
"What a coincidence for us to deliver on the same day, " remarked Luna.
"It's not just that." Joshua, on the other end of the line, inhaled deeply before he solemnly added, "The hospital Yannie was in was the same hospital Hunter said he stole Riley from. The day Yannie delivered her baby was the same day Riley and our daughter were born."
This took Luna by complete surprise, so much so that her phone nearly dropped to the floor. "Joshua... Are you saying..."
"Yes," said Joshua. "I've checked every pregnant woman in the hospital, and no one reported a missing child. So, I suspected as you said that the mother could've been pregnant out of wedlock and her medical record was taken away.
"Nonetheless, there were too many girls admitted to the hospital, and all of their medical records were complete. That's why my men couldn't find any lead. Now that I see..."
He took another deep breath as his emotions began to whir. "I think Yannie is Riley's birth mother."
The statement dropped like a bomb, and Luna felt her body becoming tense. She leaned back on her executive chair as her voice became erratic.
"How can that be?" 1
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