Chapter 97
Bruce didn’t know what to do at the moment as he kept staring at the paper in front of him. Lyra had given him some time to think. She felt that was the best she could do.
She went in to tell Henri and Tia as well. She didn’t tell anyone before because she wanted to take care of her children alone without feeling hurt anymore but since Ryan had come to live with them, she realized that they acted more like siblings than friends.
She could also now see the resemblance in Miles’ face as Ella had said. She decided not to deprive them of knowing who their father was. She didn’t know how the twins would feel about Bruce being their father but they would be happy that Ryan was their brother.
“Why didn’t you tell us?!” Tia practically screamed when she heard the news but Henri was quietly observing Lyra. He had asked her and she said negative, was she trying to keep it to herself and not tell anyone?
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I was tired and wanted to keep it all to myself” she murmured as she cried.
He stood up and made his way to search for his boss. He found Bruce still staring at the DNA results in his hand. The one where Bryan had no relationship with the kids and the one where he could see clearly that he was the father to the kids.
“Are you okay?” Henri asked the moment he sat down.
Bruce nodded as the tears kept falling.
“They were my twins all this while,” Bruce said. Henri nodded before adding
“It’s not a fake result. Bryan knew about it. He knew that you owned the kids that was why he never wanted to see you close to them or Lyra”
Bruce let out a dry laugh “I know it isn’t fake, I can see the date. It was the day she had gone to visit Ella. Ella must have known this too and told her about it. If Bryan knows, Ella would have known too”
He was making a point, Henri reasoned
“What are you going to do about it?” He asked his boss. Bruce stood up before he replied
“I’m going to tell my kids that they are mine” with that said, he made his way back into the house.
Everyone has assembled in the living room. Lyra had hidden her face as she doesn’t know what her kids would think of her now, they hated it when they were being lied to.
Tia and Henri sat beside the kids while the kids sat down quietly waiting. They had been called disturbed from the cartoon they were watching.
Bruce didn’t know how to start so he looked at Lyra for help but she threw her face away. She was scared that Bruce would take her children away from her.
Bruce has not stopped staring at the twins since he came back into the house. It is now he was seeing the resemblance they had with him, Miles.
“Your father isn’t your father,” Tia said, making the room tenser than it was. The twins looked at her with confused expressions on their faces.
“What do you mean?”
Lyra wanted to shut Tia up but she knew it had to be said. So she let her do as she pleased
“Bryan isn’t your real father” Tia explained clearly only for the twins to widen their eyes in shock.
“Really? But mommy said-” Miley was cut off my Tia
“That was what we thought”
Miles and Miley looked from Lyra to Tia to Bruce and then Henri. They were quietly observing them before Miley signaled Miles and Ryan to come closer. She whispered some words into their ears while the two boys did the same to hers.
The adults wondered what they were talking about but didn’t say a word and let them do as they pleased. When they were done, Miles asked
“So who is our real father? Wait!” He raised his tiny hand in front of him indicating that he doesn’t want anyone to speak just yet.
“I want mommy to tell us,” he said. Lyra looked at her son with teary eyes.
“Mommy, who is our real father?” Miley asked
Lyra shifted uncomfortably in her seat as she swallowed the lump in her throat. Her heart was racing so fast because she didn’t know what her children would think of her now.
She burst into tears when she saw their eyes filled with hope and belief in her. And here she was trying to hide it from them when it was their right to know.
Bruce wasn’t doing any better, he can’t wait to have them in his arms and love them. He wanted to kiss them and tell them that he loved them so much.
“Ryan’s father is,” Lyra finally said. The house became silent all of a sudden. They looked at the twins’ faces but they couldn’t read their expressions. They were in a daze, including Ryan. It was like they didn’t hear clearly
“Mr. Bruce is our father?” Miles asked again slowly this time and Lyra nodded
“Ryan’s father?” Miley asked to be sure and again everyone nodded.
The trio smiled before bursting into uncontrollable laughter.
“I told you it’s him,” Miles said with a wide smile, causing the adult to be shocked.
“Ahhh, we are siblings!” Miley screamed as she rushed to hug Ryan
“You are our baby brother”
“I will be staying here with you both forever,” Ryan said also and hugged them both.
They didn’t care about the adults staring at them. They happily hugged each other and jumped up and down.
“Ryan is my brother, Ryan is my brother” Miley began to sing in joy.
Tia couldn’t stop the tears that were rushing down her eyes while Lyra stared at her kids in shock. She thought they would be mad at her or make their way to their father first, but they were more excited about Ryan being their brother.