Chapter 499 - Very Cruel (1/2)

Anya was soft hearted. Even though Maria had hurt her so much, she could still remember all the good deeds Maria had done to her.

Maria always made her special clothes when Anya went to events or took part in competitions.

When Bima still didn't like her, Maria was the one who always supported and protected her.

Two years ago, Maria was the charming daughter-in-law of the Atmajaya Family.

But the Maria in front of her right now was just an old woman with gray hair and a weak body.

It turned out that humans could change so much in just two years...

”Sorry, I can't bring back my dead child,” Anya replied in a cold voice. ”For two years, I could never forget that day. That Christmas day, I still remembered it was pouring hard outside. I still remembered when you forced me to take that medicine. I still remembered how great the pain in my stomach was, but you forced me to take the medicine again because you didn't feel like it was enough.”

Hearing Anya's words coupled with her cold voice, the tears streaming down Maria's face grew heavier, ”I know I'm guilty! I have sinned!”

”Mother, don't be like that!” Nico crouched down and held his mother's body. His heart ached when he saw his mother change so drastically during the past two years.

”My stomach hurt a lot. I could feel the child leaving me, but I couldn't do anything about it. You could never imagine the feeling of hopelessness and despair I felt at that moment. I didn't sleep well in the past two years. In the middle of the night, I always woke up because of the pain in my stomach and I always heard the baby's cry in my ear.”

Without realizing it, tears rolled down Anya's cheeks. ”Shouldn't you be glad you did it? Why did you make yourself like this?”

”Anya, I know I've sinned. Even if I die a hundred times, I can't make up for the crime I have done to you. I'll tell you everything,” Maria said as she clutched her aching chest.

All this time, Anya hated Aiden, Maria and all of the Atmajaya Family.

But when she saw Maria again, she felt her heart melt. Just like when she saw Aiden…

Nico helped his mother up and led her to the sofa. ”Auntie, for the past two years, my mother has shut herself up in the house and prayed for you. Not only for you, she also prayed for your child. She felt so guilty that she didn't take care of her health. Her eyesight was also getting worse because of the stress,” Nico said, sitting beside his mother. ”I'm not asking you to forgive what my mother did. I just want to say that my mother realized her mistake and tried to make amends for the past two years,”

”What's the point in realizing past mistakes? My child will never come back to me. They haven't even had time to see this world…” Anya muttered in a low voice.

Maria was getting hysterical and beating herself in the chest. ”Just take my life. This is all my fault!”

”Mother, you better tell aunt the truth,” Nico hugged his mother's body sadly.

”Anya, I don't know if I can tell you. Did your mother tell you something?” Maria was worried that Anya did not know that she was not Diana's daughter until now.

”Is this about my life? Recently, my mother told me that I am not her real daughter. She didn't tell me for fear that it would affect my career. But now I've graduated from the Perfume Academy. She decided to tell me the truth and give me the freedom whether I want to find my biological parents or not…”

When Anya said this, the expression on her face changed and she asked, ”Did you kill my child because of that?”

Maria nodded. ”Since Diana has already told you, I have nothing to hide. It all started two years ago, a few days before your birthday. Keara told me that there was an organization that found my biological daughter,”