Chapter 161 Knowing the Truth
When Candice saw the string of numbers clearly, it felt like her head exploded. Her whole body started trembling uncontrollably.
She really hadn't expected that Elijah would be her child!
It had just been a random suspicion, plus the feeling that the sense of closeness she'd felt in the past was too much of a coincidence.
But when it actually turned out to be true, she could no longer handle this reality.
Tears instantly flooded out of Candice's eyes.
Big drops fell onto the paper as her heart throbbed with pain.
She thought back to six years ago, when she discovered she was pregnant and felt so helpless and alone.
Later, she felt her belly growing day by day, the two babies becoming more active inside, always kicking her stomach.
She had looked forward so much to the birth of her two children.
But when labor was over, she was told that one of her babies didn't make it.
Candice had broken down at that moment.
She had just given birth, her body hadn't recovered from the weakness yet, and then she heard such devastating news.
She hadn't even gotten to see that child once.
And in the months that followed, she was so grief-stricken she could barely function. If it weren't for Yasmin's existence, her body probably would have collapsed.
But now, that lost child had appeared in Seaside City.
And he had grown this big, so well-behaved.
At this moment, Candice was so overwhelmed by the truth that she couldn't control her emotions.
Her mind flashed back to the memory of first meeting Elijah at the hospital a few months ago.
He had enthusiastically struck up a conversation with her, sweetly saying, "I fell in love with you at first sight. Will you be my mom?"
That was the child she had given birth to!
At their very first meeting, he had already found his way to her.
But she had been completely unaware, and had even wanted to reject his approaches several times!
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Elijah."
Candice cried so hard her whole body shook.
He was the child she felt most sorry for, yet all this time, she hadn't recognized him!
Because of her, he had almost become completely withdrawn.
Candice's entire heart felt like it was being squeezed tight. She could barely hold onto the paper in her hands, her whole body almost curled up in the driver's seat.
At the same time, a towering rage surged up in her chest.
Brandon!
How dare he?
Back then, he was the one who said he could marry anyone, and he was the one who sent over the divorce papers.
Why, after the divorce, could he be so cruel as to take away her child?
And years later, when they met again, he had the nerve to blame her for abandonment with such a self-righteous attitude?
Where did he get the nerve to say she abandoned anyone?
Anger, heartache, regret.
Countless emotions wrapped around her all at once.
Candice's state was so terrible that she almost lost all reason.
If Brandon appeared in front of her right now, she had no doubt she would rush at him and fight him with everything she had!
But just then, Qiana called.
"Candice, did the results come out? How did it go?"
Qiana was the only person who knew Candice had gone for a paternity test.
These past few days, she had been keeping this matter on her mind.
Qiana figured that after several days, the results should be out soon, so she wanted to check on the situation.
But she didn't expect that as soon as the call connected, she would hear Candice's suppressed, trembling voice on the other end.
"Qiana... I..."
Candice felt so awful that she couldn't get out a complete sentence.
Her voice, hoarse from extreme suppression, scared Qiana on the other end of the phone.
She quickly asked, "Candice, what's wrong? What happened? Don't scare me. Where are you right now?"
Candice was trembling all over right now and couldn't drive at all.
Hearing Qiana's concerned voice, she instinctively grabbed onto it like a last hope.
She took a deep breath, enduring the pain in her chest, and told her, "Qiana, I'm at the hospital. Can you come over?"
"Okay, wait for me. I'm coming right now. I'll be right there!"
Qiana quickly agreed, not daring to delay at all.
After hanging up, she immediately set off, and in less than half an hour, she had raced to the hospital's underground parking garage.
When she arrived, Candice's tears had already stopped, but her condition still looked very bad.
"Candice." Qiana called out to her. Seeing that her eyes were swollen, clearly from crying hard.
She quickly asked, "What on earth happened? Do you know how much you scared me on the phone just now!"
Candice gripped the DNA test report in her hand and handed it to her.
Qiana paused, immediately understanding. "Is this yours and Elijah's?"
"Yes."
Candice nodded, exhaustion washing over her entire being.
She leaned back in her seat without saying anything.
Qiana couldn't wait to take the report and look at it.
When she saw the verification results, she was completely shocked.
The son of the Obelon Group heir was actually Candice's son!
How could this be?
Originally, Qiana hadn't really believed that Elijah was Candice's son. At this moment, she was truly frightened.
"Elijah is really that child of yours who died back then? But why?"
This was really hard to believe!
Back then, Candice had given birth under the care of everyone in the Mortimer family.
Yet somehow, the child could still be taken away without anyone noticing.
"What's going on here?"
Candice's voice was hoarse as she said, "I want to know why too!"
Why could the Obelon family be so cruel as to take away her child without her permission?
And fabricate the illusion that the child had died!
Thinking back to the situation from that year, and about Elijah, Candice felt like she was going crazy.
Seeing her like this, Qiana felt both heartbroken and angry.
She reached out to hug her, comforting her, "Candice, don't be too upset. Actually, this is kind of a good thing."
"He's still alive, right? But the Obelon family's actions were definitely too much. Come on, let's go find that scumbag Brandon and make him pay!"
Qiana had always been impulsive. She put herself in Candice's shoes.
If her own child had been stolen like this and grown up so big.
While she had always thought he was dead.
Anyone would be unable to stay calm about something like this, right?
But Candice held Qiana back, saying, "I'd love to go, but Brandon isn't in the country right now. He hasn't come back yet, so we can't find him!"
Hearing this, Qiana's expression immediately fell.
She asked, "So what do we do now?"
Candice had calmed down a bit by now. She said hoarsely, "They'll be getting out of school soon. I want to go pick him up first, to see him."
"Elijah is my son. Going forward, I naturally need to get back custody of Elijah! The child is mine. I'm the one who went through the pain of giving birth to him! No one has the right to take him away! Not even Brandon!"
Qiana saw the anger and determination in Candice's eyes. She naturally supported Candice getting her child back.
But the Obelon family probably wouldn't let go that easily, would they?
It looked like the thing she had been worried about was still going to happen.
When the two sides clashed later, who knew what it would look like.