Maria didn't notice her absence until she spoke, Angel was not comfortable with the fact that she was not seeing both Chris and Jane so she decided to bring it to notice
Grace could see her and she knew just the right thing to reply to her with
"I want to believe you are not daft, you just said now that she was his maid, what will she be doing here if he's not here, to serve you?" she asked
Angel didn't know what to say she just kept mute and said nothing and continued eating her food
Chris was still inside his room, he heard what Grace had said and he wondered what could be wrong with her, he was also drowned in his problems right now, the fact that he has children and has no idea where they are alongside their mother was driving him nut
If what he had felt all these years was guilt, what he feels now was, even more, worse, he can't bring himself to imagine how she must have taken care of two children on her own, she was a teenager for crying out loud, what the hell was he thinking when he raped that girl, he doesn't know how he was going to continue living with himself with this piece of information that he just got today
He just hopes that the doctor can find her details and forward the details to Anthony so he can find her as soon as possible and make amends for his sins
He thought about what Grace said as well, he needed to go see Jane but he couldn't go reeking of alcohol, so he decided to take his bath before going to see her
Jane was also in her room, she could not think of even going to get Chris for dinner, she didn't even have the heart to care about anything right now
She felt like her heart was broken into a million pieces, all she could think about was what the doctor said about the fact that she had a twin and she only took one child home and that was Chris
She refuses to believe that Mrs. Whitney lied to her, probably she was not the girl the doctor thought she was, maybe he got her mixed up with someone else after it's been five years and it's fine if he doesn't remember details
But he seemed to be so sure, that he even asked her to ask Mrs Whitney, he was so specific
She didn't know what she would do if all he said was true, she didn't know, to think that she had a daughter and she didn't know and that they'd been living without each other all these years was something she could not bear
If the doctor was right, then where was her daughter, where and what is she doing at this moment
She lay in her bed and cried, she could not help herself
A lot has happened, all she wanted was to look for Cassie and now she finds out about all of these things, the first thing was that a man that claimed to be her relative's friend was looking for her and he did mention her rape
She didn't even know what to think about it cause how in the world did he know about her rape, right now she didn't even have the strength to think about that at the moment, all she could think about right now was her alleged daughter
She lay there and suddenly she heard her door open, she just hoped that it was not Chris or Jane, she was not in the right state of mind to see them right now
She looked up and it was Christopher that came in, oh how much she needed to be around him right now, she needed his arm for comfort and he came right in time
At first, she thought that she was in a daze but then he touched her and then she heard his voice
"hey Jane are you okay?" his husky and cool voice was like music to her ears and then she threw herself in his arms and then she started to cry even harder
Chris wondered what could be wrong with her, he had never seen her down but here she was crying all her eyes out, he didn't say anything he just allowed her to cry till she felt she couldn't go on anymore
After he noticed that she was already calm, he took her face in his hands and brought her face to face his, then he used his forehead to touch her forehead and her nose to touch his
He then used his nose to rub hers, it was as though they were going to kiss each other but they didn't
He didn't like seeing her this way, it was breaking his heart, he wished he could take all her pain away so she could stop hurting this way
"you want to me what's wrong?" he asked her
Of course, she wanted to tell him everything, there was no other perfect person to tell but him but as she opened her mouth to say something she could not find the words, she just burst into tears again
"sh it's okay come here" Chris comforted her and dragged her into his embrace and kept patting her back while he kissed her forehead occasionally
Later on, he noticed that she had stopped crying, he looked down at her and saw that she was already asleep, he carried her in his arms gently so as not to wake her up, he gently placed her on the bed and used the duvet to cover her up, and he was about to take off his hands from her, she held on to his hand using her fingers unconsciously and then she whispered something
"Please don't leave me" Those were the words that she spoke and it sounded almost like a whisper but he heard it
He could not ignore her request, so he claimed the bed and laid very close to her, he used the duvet to cover himself as well and wrapped his arms around her.