I Am An Illegitimate Child With A Legitimate Reason For Revenge-Chapter 195: It’s a long story

Skylar got into the facility and met Steve in his office.

"Can you tell me what’s going on?" Skylar asked and Steve looked up from the report he was looking at.

"When did you get back?" Steve asked him, adjusting his glasses.

"Last night." Skylar answered and took a seat. "Tell me, did Raymond go mad again?"

Steve stared at him for a moment, trying to understand what he was asking. Then, he remembered the events. He must’ve not been filled in on the exact details.

"It seems your sister’s yet to fill you in on it." He said and rested his back on his chair. "Ariel’s alive."

Skylar’s eyes widened.

"What?" He exclaimed. "How did this happen? Ariel died, so where did all this talk come from? Did you guys confirm this fact? Just to be sure."

"Who do you take us for? We made sure she was the one before spreading word." Steve said. "For starters, she had been living her life for the past five years with no memories of her life before and also, she has a kid."

Skylar stood speechless. His head was spinning with this bit of information.

He sat down first and looked up at Steve.

"So, she really is... she’s really Ariel? She’s alive?" He asked and Steve nodded. "She’s alive." He held his head. "She’s alive."

It seemed this news must’ve been quite a surprise, well it was indeed a surprise and he couldn’t hide his disbelief and excitement.

"Steve, where is she now?" He asked. "And the kid, I need to see them." 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"Well, I did say that was for starters." He pushed his chair back and got up. "You don’t know the rest of it yet." He started heading for the door while Skylar stared at him from his chair.

Steve glanced back and asked,

"Aren’t you coming?"

Skylar immediately followed after him. There were a lot of things he wanted to know but with Steve’s silence, he had a feeling those questions would have to wait till they got to where they were headed.

Where were they headed again?

"Here." Steve said as he stopped in front of the IUC ward.

"What’s here?" Skylar asked, going closer to look through the door.

"Ariel. Or should I say," he opened the door. "...Alexa."

Skylar watched as the door opened and from where he was, saw the face he never thought he’d ever see again. His eyes widened and slightly trembled.

"Is that... is that..." he took a step at a time into the ward.

They were never that close when she was alive but he cared for her. He genuinely cared for her so her death really put him down at the time.

He got to the bed and looked closer at Alexa lying motionless on the bed. She had an oxygen mask.

She looked like she was fighting for her life. He pursed his lips, fighting the building and painful emotions from sprouting out.

"Is it really her?" He asked, rhetorically. His shoulders lightly trembled. "It is, isn’t it? She’s alive."

He clasped his hands together and pressed it against his forehead.

"Ariel." Tears slowly slid down his tightly pressed eyelids.

How could he keep in the emotions when she was right in front of him? He prayed that this was not a dream. He prayed so that he wouldn’t wake up and be faced with those haunting feelings.

"How? How did you find her?" He asked, raising his head to face Steve. "How did this happen?"

"It’s a long story." He said and shook his head. "I can’t tell you that here so let’s go back to my office."

As soon as they came out of the ICU, Romeo, who had been running at full speed, crashed into them.

Luckily for him, Skylar caught him before he landed on his butt.

"Romeo, what’s the rush?" Steve asked him and he looked up.

"Sorry daddy, I was just so excited that Rachael has woken up." He said and finally resumed his running.

"Hey, slow down." Steve yelled after him and looked at Skylar who was staring at Romeo as he ran away. "Are you curious?"

"About Rachael? I am." He nodded his head.

"Then you have to follow up. Meet me in my office once you’re done." Steve said and made his way out of there.

Skylar turned towards the direction Romeo ran to and there, in the ward he was directed to. He found a little girl, smiling brightly as she sat up on her bed. The recipient of that smile was Raymond.

Skylar watched with his eyes wide open. He was shocked. Beyond shocked, if ever there was such a thing.

He watched as Raymond held her hand with relief showing in his expression and movement.

Who was this Rachael?

He didn’t always follow up with Raymond’s business because Paige was already taking care of things so he paid more attention to their company.

’I need to know what’s going on.’ He thought to himself and just then, Rachael turned to him. Their eyes met and she smiled at him.

He was taken aback with that smile and subconsciously smiled back.

He turned his back, heading straight for Steve’s office. He wanted to know what was going on.

Steve raised his head to see Skylar walking into his office and sighed. He thought he would at least stay back a while longer while he did a few things in his office.

"From the start, what happened while I was away?"

"It didn’t start when you were away. It started while you were busy managing your company." Steve said, took off his glasses and wiped them clean before putting them back on. "You heard of Raymond getting a psychologist in Germany, right?"

"Yeah, Paige said something about it." Skylar answered as he sat down.

"That Psychologist’s name was Alexa. Alexa had a daughter. Alexa had no memories of her life before five years ago. Alexa... looks a lot like Ariel. And Alexa’s blood matches with Paige’s. Rachael, Alexa’s daughter, and Raymond have matching DNA." Steve concluded and looked up at him. "Does that answer your question?"

Skylar stared blankly and blinked.

"What?" He shook his head.

The explanation was clear but at the same time vague. How was he supposed to know how things unfolded with those words?

"What else do you want to know?" Steve asked him with glazed eyes.

"I get most of it but exactly how did you guys come up with the conclusion that she was Ariel, get her to come here, run the DNA test and how did she get so badly hurt that she’s in the ICU?" Skylar asked with a forceful tone. "You have to explain that for me."

Steve looked at him and sighed. Guess he’d have to work as a full story teller.

"Fine. Listen carefully."