Chapter 59 - Comforting Maria (1/2)

Chapter 59 - Coelica, as still , and his eyes widened in realization as he recalled so he had heard in the cubicle

'Are you trying to get o?' Rudy remembered what the woman had said

He turned to Maria and asked, "Where were your brother and sister twenty years ago? Or rather, at the time you were born?"

"As I said, there was an underworld war going on 20 years ago So my father sent them overseas to not involve them in all that," Maria answered

"That's why even they don't knohy father turned into saint froet it now Everything ht, 'I think Rusher got his sister pregnant when they were hiding overseas 20 years ago And Maria is their child'

'That explains why Maria looked a lot like her sister… herall that

'That also explains why Maria's parents… grandparents, didn't have any photos of her birth,' Rudy uttered inwardly 'Her biological parents, the brother and sister, returned with a child with them I don't knohat they said to their parents, but I don't think they know the truth'

Angelica also realized that Even though she wasattention to Rudy and Maria's conversion

She looked at Rudy and said, "So Maria is the product of incest"

'This is so cruel…' Rudy uttered inwardly 'I can't iets to know about this…'

"It would be for the best if she never gets to know about this," Angelica said to Rudy

Rudy nodded in response without saying anything for obvious reasons

'She already feels distanced froht You can easily tell the difference between parental love and the love of a guardian Her grandparents don't love her as parents but rather as guardians And there is a huge difference'

'Like how mom loves me as my mother And Joe would also love me as a father, but that would be a little different'

Rudy thought he should say so to Maria to , but he couldn't put his feelings into words

In the end, Rudy decided to take a natural approach

He held Maria's hand in his hand and said, "Does it matter?"

"Huh?"

"Does it ain

"What?" Maria couldn't understand what Rudy was trying to say

"You just said it, right? You feel like you don't belong there So does it entle voice

Maria's eyes widened after hearing that as though she had heard the words of wisdo