"You.. you have a son?" Seraphina trembled with shock, her eyes wide and an open mouth.
Gabriela immediately spun around as she heard Seraphina's voice behind her.
Her hand shook, and she dropped her phone.Her legs suddenly felt feeble, Seraphina caught her in time just as she was about to collapse to the ground.
"My son is four years old," Gabriela began.
They were both now in Seraphina's room.
"What's his name?" Seraphina asked
"Joshua. Joshua Sullivan"
Seraphina was beyond appalled at what she just heard, it rendered her completely speechless, she struggled to at least say something but nothing.
"You don't have to say anything," Gabriela uttered quietly.
Seraphina lashes fluttered in surprise.
"I know what you are probably thinking and yes, I got raped by Ethan, too" Gabriela revealed, her tone wary and it faded off at the end as her voice engulfed into a quiet sob.
In seconds, Seraphina moved closer to Gabriela and hugged her, gently patting her back. Seraphina's eyes looked like it was frozen, it wasn't blinking, it was just wide open in shock, gazing into thin air, her thoughts in total chaos as she was Still trying to process what she had just heard from Gabriela.
A baby for Ethan.
She couldn't help but wonder who else Ethan forced himself on!.
Seraphina continued to Patt Gabriela as her sobbing became louder.
She held Gabriela's face, her cheeks were wet with tears,
"I'm so stupid!" Gabriela uttered. "I..I shouldn't have kept the baby!?"
"No no no Gabriela. It's your child too. No matter who his father is, be proud that you are the mother and you can give him the good life he deserves" Seraphina said to her softly. She used her hands to wipe the tears off Gabriela's face.
Gabriela was finally calmed, Seraphina could now ask the questions that were piled up in her head.
"When did it happen?"
"It happened on my first day here, almost five years ago," Gabriela replied.
That was just a year after he graduated from high school. Such a maniac.
"Does he know about the baby?" Seraphina asked on
"He should never know about it, please!" Gabriela begged, her hands clapped together in a plead,
"I don't plan on doing that," Seraphina held her hands, "you can trust me, just like I trusted you will my secrets " she added
Gabriela nodded slowly, her eyes beaming with tears.
"It happened that night!" She said as the tears came streaming down her cheeks.
Seraphina brows became furrowed, she felt like Gabriela was referring to something else.
"What night?" She queried"
Gabriela deeply Inhaled and exhaled.
"My brother, Simon, was the one who actually got this job for me. Apparently he was close with Miss Grace Sullivan"
"I'm...I'm not sure the kind of relationship they had but it was close enough for him to get me a job here, through her, and even slept in her room that night but he couldn't make it to the next morning.
Seraphina leaned closer, her eyes flickered with curiosity" what happened that night?"
"I..I don't know. The next morning, some men came to take my brother away...he...he was dead"
Seraphina let out a gasp, her pupils flared.
"They said my brother had overdosed while abusing drugs... but I still don't believe it! Simon wasn't like that! Grace killed my brother!. And Ethan had raped me the night before the morning. I..I didn't know what to do, I needed the money, I couldn't leave the job, so I just kept quiet about everything"
Gabriela's face was covered with tears, all over down to her neck.
Seraphina's eyes gleamed with tears.
She had always thought that the world was only cruel to her, but here was Gabriela, the poor girl who has been through alot, her sobbing wouldn't even stop.
Seraphina wrapped her arms around Gabriela, "this revenge isn't only mine anymore. It's for me, my parents and now for you, Gabriela" Seraphina said as she continued to hug Gabriela. Gabriela wrapped her arms around Seraphina too.
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Ethan couldn't sleep, he laid back on the bed, his eyes widely opened, gazing up blankly at the ceiling. He couldn't stop thinking of Serena, and the kiss.
They say it all hits you at night.
Maybe that was it. Maybe that was why he was yearning for Serena, the kiss, and couldn't get her out of his mind. It made him restless and he had to do something about it.
Ethan climbed out of the bed and headed for Serena's room.
Serena was startled at the sudden knock on the door. She closed her diary and placed it back at its hidden spot before going over to the see who was at the door.
Her eyes dilated "Ethan!" She called just before Ethan covered her lips with his, tightly pressing her to himself with his hands on her back.
Serena didn't even try to fight back. She just let it all happen, her hands hanging in the air half way.
Still kissing her , Ethan closed the door behind him with a hand and led her to the bed. It was then that he stopped, and stared at her as if asking for her permission to go on.
'don't do it'
Serena's thought raided her head but she paid no attention to it and instead pulled Ethan in on another kiss.