Chapter 157 Elijah is Her Child
Qiana noticed that Candice's face suddenly looked off and asked with concern, "What's wrong, Candice?"
The two little ones heard Qiana's worried voice and instinctively looked over at them.
When they saw Candice clutching her chest with a pained expression, they couldn't sit still anymore and rushed over with concern.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling sick? Is it serious?"
Yasmin couldn't care about eating anymore. She propped herself up on the table, stood up, leaned her little body over, and gently patted Candice's back. "Mommy, did you eat too fast and choke?"
Both little ones had worried expressions on their faces.
After Candice's emotions settled down for a bit, she recovered somewhat.
"I'm fine."
After responding, she looked at Elijah with somewhat serious eyes.
Elijah looked at her with confusion and asked with concern, "Candice, are you okay?"
Hearing his worried little voice, Candice shook her head and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. I just suddenly felt some heart palpitations and couldn't catch my breath. It's nothing."
She didn't dare voice her suspicions at this moment.
Qiana, beside her, was still worried and couldn't help asking, "Candice, does it hurt a lot? Should we go to the hospital?"
Candice answered vaguely, "No need, I'm probably just too tired. I'll go back and rest early later."
That's what she said, but the thoughts in her head were hard to shake off.
She gradually calmed down now and felt her thoughts were too absurd.
How could Elijah possibly be her son who died at birth back then?
At the time, when the child was gone, although she didn't see it with her own eyes, her parents and her brother had confirmed it in person.
Perhaps she was overthinking this?
Although Candice tried to comfort herself this way, she remained unsettled throughout the entire dinner.
Seeing her poor condition, Qiana didn't dare let them stay out too long.
After dinner ended, she immediately sent them back to rest.
Because she was worried about Candice, Qiana also stayed over for the night.
After Candice got home, her mood recovered.
She found an opportunity to call Ainsley, who was far away in Silverlight City.
Ainsley answered quickly, her voice gentle and warm. "Candice."
Candice responded and got straight to the point, saying, "Mom, there's something I want to ask you. Back when I gave birth to Yasmin and my son, were you and Dad there the whole time outside the delivery room?"
Ainsley thought it was strange that she suddenly asked about this, but still said, "Of course we were! You giving birth was such a big deal, and you were carrying twins at that."
"When your dad examined you, he even said the babies might be a bit large and was worried you'd have difficulty delivering. We were so worried that we couldn't sleep well for several nights."
"When you went into labor, we didn't dare leave for even a moment. Your dad personally arranged everything at the hospital and wouldn't allow anything to go wrong with you. We had such a hard time finding you, how could we let anything happen to you?"
At this point, Ainsley also remembered Candice's child, who died at birth.
She asked with concern, "What's wrong? Why are you suddenly asking about this?"
Candice didn't answer.
Her tone was a bit low as she continued asking, "So back then, did you really see with your own eyes that the child had no breath?"
Ainsley's voice came through the phone, saying, "Yes, your dad and I confirmed it multiple times."
Talking about this, Ainsley also felt somewhat sad.
After all, that was a little life!
Especially watching Yasmin grow up, she sometimes couldn't help but think how wonderful it would be if her grandson were also here.
Yasmin was so smart and cute, that the child would surely have been the same.
After listening, Candice didn't doubt Ainsley's words.
She was more convinced that her parents wouldn't lie to her.
Back when the child died at birth, it was her family who helped handle the aftermath.
But how could she explain what happened with Elijah?
Was it really just deep fate?
Plus, Candice naturally loved children, and Elijah naturally wanted a mother and was close to Candice.
Was that all it was?
Once the seed of doubt was planted, even though she had already asked Ainsley about what happened back then, Candice still couldn't let it go!
Ainsley was still puzzled about why Candice suddenly asked about this, so she asked again, "Candice, why are you suddenly bringing this up? Are you missing that child?"
"Yes." Candice didn't deny it.
That child had always been a pain in her heart that she couldn't let go of.
From the moment she knew she was pregnant, she felt him and Yasmin growing in her belly day by day.
Both little ones were fine back then, so how did one suddenly die at birth?
Of course, she couldn't let go.
Ainsley also felt bad, but still comforted her with concern, saying, "Candice, it's in the past. Try to let go a bit. You still have Yasmin with you now."
Candice understood what Ainsley meant.
She didn't continue dwelling on these emotions and responded, "Okay."
As for Elijah, she decided not to tell her family for now.
Before she had a definite answer that could convince herself, she didn't want to say anything.
Candice made a decision at this moment.
She planned to do a DNA test with Elijah while Brandon was away for these few days.
Although this behavior seemed a bit absurd.
But she really couldn't eliminate the doubts in her heart.
Once she tested it and got an answer, she could also put an end to those unrealistic fantasies and suspicions.
After making up her mind, Candice chatted with Ainsley for a while longer before hanging up.
On the other side, Brandon was also video calling Elijah.
Although he was abroad now, he still kept close tabs on Elijah.
Seeing that Elijah had no intention of initiating conversation with him, Brandon took the initiative to ask, "Didn't you guys go out to eat tonight? How come you're back so soon? Weren't you supposed to go shopping too?"
Ever since Elijah became somewhat withdrawn, the amount he talked to Brandon decreased drastically. Sometimes he would barely respond to him.
But tonight, he was unusually willing to speak, saying, "Candice wasn't feeling well during dinner, so we came back."
When Brandon heard this, he frowned and immediately asked, "What happened to her?"
There was clearly some concern in his tone.
Elijah shook his head and said, "Candice said she suddenly couldn't catch her breath, but I saw her face didn't look good."
At this point, his expression showed some worry.
He didn't know if Candice was feeling better now.
Brandon's expression became serious. After hearing Elijah's words, he responded, "You go play first. Dad will call you again tomorrow."
After saying that, without waiting for Elijah to reply, he hung up the video and immediately called Candice.