Chapter 63

Sofiya

Are you saying that my aunt was not making things up because she hated me? Miss Maria, was she telling the truth?

Yes, child. Everything she said is true. You're not related to them. We didn't want you to find out this way, though.

If what you say is true, why didn't mom tell me that I wasn't her biological child? Why didn't she tell me that she had adopted me, and who is my real mother? Who are my parents? I want to find out who they are and why they left me. I was in so much pain and couldn't stop the tears from coming out of my eyes when I asked Miss Maria.

Your parents weren't known to your late mother. I'm the same, kid. Your mother got you from an old woman in her hometown. The woman's husband had kicked her out of the house because of you. And when your mother asked her who her parents were, she said... She got you from the street veranda, where you were curled up and your tears had dried on your face. When she tried to talk to you, you couldn't say anything because you