Vito saw the desperation in her eyes. He didn't know how she would react when she learns the truth. Leander asked him not to tell her the truth.
"Your husband didn't want you to know," Vito said.
Viviana nodded. Her hands holding the baby started shaking. Vito didn't give her a yes or no answer but she could guess the truth. Leander wouldn't keep the truth from her unless he thought that the truth would hurt her.
She sucked in a deep breath.
Tabitha…
She remembered meeting her in the mall. The surprise on her face…
"She knows of me, doesn't she? My…mother?"
It was hard for her to even mention her as "mother". It was just like she feared. Her mother chose to abandon her. Her mother had twins, looked at both of them and chose to throw the weak one away to die. She had the means to raise them both; to take care of her medical needs. But she decided not to. It rubbed salt in her wounds.
