” Congratulations girl, I can’t believe you are now pregnant.” Vanessa gushed, hugging Sheila tightly.
It was over the weekend and the two couples had arranged to go out to the beach.
” Thanks dear but I’m really worried.” Sheila replied, looking at David who was walking along the beach with Gabriel. The two seemed to be in a serious conversation.
” Come on dear, you know that he loves you.” Vanessa advised. She knew about Sheila’s plan of using the child in her belly to save Lily.
” Keeping the truth from him is like betraying him, Vanessa. Everytime, I feel like I’m carrying a heavy load and it’s suffocating me. ” Sheila spoke. She didn’t doubt David’s love for her but regardless, she knew that her betrayal would hurt him.
She would be hurt too if David kept something so serious from her.
She would have a hard time forgiving him. What Sheila didn’t know was that David kept an even bigger secret from her.
” If you can’t bear it anymore, just tell him the truth, girlfriend. They say that the truth will always set you free. ” Vanessa advised.
” I’m still finding the best time to talk to him. I just hope he doesn’t get mad at me. ” Sheila said with a desolate look on her face.
” Don’t say that, I don’t think David is an irrational person. He will understand you and forgive you If he really loves you.
” You really think so? ”
” I don’t just think so, I believe that. ” Vanessa reassured her.
” Enough with those deprecating thoughts. Let me tell you, Gabriel is taking me to meet his parents. We are leaving in three days.” Vanessa announced with a Sweet smile on her face.
Looking at the smile on her friend’s face, Sheila could not help but smile. She could see that her friend was finally happy. She deserved it. After years of living her life in misery, it was about time she got her happy ending.
” He loves you Vanessa. He’s willing to take you to his parents. I hear wedding bells ringing. ” Sheila said teasingly.
” Gabriel promised me that he’ll marry me soon when he finds his sister. He really wants his sister to be at his wedding. ” Vee said, making Sheila frown.
” Sister? I never heard him talk about his sister though. Where is she?” Sheila asked, curiosity getting the best of her.
After knowing Gabriel for months, she never heard him talking about a sister.
” That’s because she got lost when she was still a Young girl. He has been looking for her and now, he found leads that she was kidnapped to this country. I also want him to find her. It reminds me of my brother. I can relate to his pain.” Vanessa spoke, her voice held a hint of pain and longing.
” He should be all grown up now, married and with a number of children.” Sheila said.
” Or probably no more. The last we heard about him, he had joined the army and disappeared on a mission, never to be found again.” Vanessa explained.
Her brother had left when she was still young after having a fight with her parents. He is the only one who Loved and spoiled her. Life was never the same again after he left her.
” Don’t say that. If Gabriel is still hopeful that he’ll find his long lost sister, why should you give up? If he loves you, he’ll definitely come back to you.” Sheila encouraged.
Meanwhile, David was having a serious conversation with Gabriel concerning the Anderson family group.
” How do you plan to do it? That man is conniving if he managed to cover up a crime he committed and lived among you all these years. You can’t underestimate him. ” Gabriel advised David.
” I know that. I’ll kick him where it hurts the most. Doesn’t he want to take over the Brown family and be rich, what about striping him of all the properties he has.
” What’s the plan? This is interesting.” Gabriel asked. He was excited to see how David would deal with that conniving bastard.
” Using his daughter to make him poor sounds interesting.” David said, an evil smirk on his face.
” I’ll need your help. I’ll inform you about it ” David informed. He knew that he could count on Gabriel for anything.
” I’ll be taking my girlfriend home to meet my parents but I have an army of men. I will leave them at your disposal.” Gabriel offered. Since David was his close friend, he would do anything to help him.
” Thank you. ” David said, his voice full of gratitude. If it wasn’t for Gabriel, he would not have found out who is responsible for the death of his late wife and parents.
” Don’t mention it. We are good friends after all. I’m the one who should be thankful. You’ve helped me a lot Since I arrived here in this country. You are doing everything to find my sister. I’m grateful. ” Gabriel answered.
Maybe at first he approached David because he needed something from him but after getting to know the man and understanding him, he realized that the two of them were actually the same.
They are the sole heirs of their family who have to do everything to make sure that their families stand firm. He also realized that just like him, family came first. That’s why they managed to become good friends.
” When are you planning to tell her about it?” Gabriel’s question had David tensing.
Yes, when was he planning to talk to his wife and tell her the truth?
” Honestly, I would rather go to my grave with that secret but that’s unfair to my wife. I’m afraid of losing her. What If she blames me for the tough life she lived over the past three years? What if she thinks that I’m with her out of pity and not because I love her? I feel conflicted. I don’t know what to do anymore. ” David confessed.
The truth about her adoptive parents’ death has been haunting his nights, turning him into a sleepless man.
He has considered all the possible reactions she would give after finding out the truth. The more he thinks about it, the more he gets scared.
” But withholding such sensitive information might ruin the beautiful relationship you people share. If you keep hiding the truth to her, the moment she learns it from someone else, you can kiss your wife goodbye. ” Gabriel honestly advised.
His father always taught him that honesty is the driving force in any relationship.
” I’ll figure out a way.” David simply replied. He also wanted to come clean with her, but the consequences were something he was not sure about.
” Do that before it’s too late.”
The two men then joined their ladies and the four of them had fun together.
It was in the evening when Vanessa and Gabriel said their goodbyes and headed home.
After the two left, David led Sheila to their car and they soon left for home.
Sheila was so exhausted that she fell asleep during the drive home.
Even when the car pulled off at the parking lot, she still did not show signs of waking up.
Carrying her in his arms, he took her upstairs.
” I’m sorry wife, I’m just scared that you’ll blame me and leave me when you learn the truth.” He whispered before joining her in bed.