The color drained from Yannie's face when she heard this.She bit her lip nervously, lowered her head,
and said with a hint of sorrow, "The child..."
She sniffed and said in a thick, nasally voice, "The child...died just minutes after his birth."
Luna sighed when she heard this and reached out to pull the poor girl into her arms.
"I understand exactly how you're feeling."
On that fateful night two months ago, she, too, thought she had lost her child.
Luna could still remember the sorrow and despair in her heart, so she could fully understand how sad
Yannie was feeling at this moment.
That night, the thought of ending her life had crossed her mind after finding out about her child's death.
If it were not for the three children who still needed her, Luna would have killed herself just to join her
baby in heaven.
Therefore, Luna could understand Yannie's feelings like her own.She wrapped her arms around
Yannie's trembling shoulders and said gently, "It's all in the past now, Yannie.
Perhaps the child knew his birth would only burden you, which was why he chose to leave this world.
"He's become an angel now, and I'm sure he'll come back as your child again in the next life."
These were the exact words that Luna had used to console herself during those dark days.
Yannie nodded and hugged Luna back, then said in a sobbing voice, "That's what I like to believe in,
too.
"Ms.Luna, sometimes, I'd tell myself that my baby couldn't survive because he was an illegitimate child;
he was conceived by me and someone that I shouldn't have even met in the first place.This is all my
fault...
"I should've listened to Father Samuel and gotten an abortion...I shouldn't have insisted on giving birth
to the baby.
"To be honest, I knew this was a risky decision, but I still went ahead with it anyway.I thought that since
Thomas, the father of the child, was so handsome, my baby would grow up to be good- looking, too.It
was my greed and vanity that led to this tragedy..."
The more she thought about it, the harder Yannie began to sob in Luna's arms.Luna furrowed her
eyebrows as her arms, which were wrapped protectively around Yannie's shoulders, stiffened.
A split second later, she asked in a low voice, "What did you just say, Yannie? Did you say that...you
should've listened to Father Samuel gotten the abortion?"
She turned to stare at Yannie with a solemn look.
''When you said Father Samuel, are you referring to Father Samuel Quinn?"
Yannie's entire body froze upon hearing this.She seemed to have admitted something that she should
not have.She bit her lip and replied, "No, no, no, I wasn't talking about Father Samuel.I..."
However, she could not come up with another reason on the spot and instead froze mid-sentence.
When she saw the look on Yannie's face, Luna immediately understood that she guessed right.It
seemed that...the relationship between Father Samuel and Mrs.Flores was more complicated than any
of them thought.
At this thought, Luna pursed her lips and said, '' Does...Mrs.Flores know about the illegitimate child?"
Luna had asked Mrs.Flores about having grandchildren before, and every time she heard this,
Mrs.Flores would smile and gaze out at the distance fondly.
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