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Back then , Donald said , “ It’s alright . We’ll have the baby . ”
Jennifer thought , ‘ I was the one who lied to him . The baby is there all along . I have to keep this baby safe !
She clutched her belly , murmuring to herself , “ Baby , I am begging you . Please , just hold on a little longer . You can’t do this to me . If you leave me , your dad will leave me too .
“ He’ll divorce me , and I’ll have nothing left . You can’t do this to me . ”
She was so incredibly scared . She was terrified of ending up with nothing again . She truly loved Donald she had always wanted to build a life with hime
She thought , ‘ Every choice I made was for our future together . It’s not just about me . No , it’s not .
Jennifer broke down sobbing , then snatched up her phone and frantically texted him . She texted : [ Donald , please come home now . I’m really not doing well today . I need you here with me .
[ Donald , I have something important to tell you . Please come back . ]
Donald didn’t reply to her .
Jennifer waited endlessly . When she called , all she got was the automated reply . “ The subscriber is currently unreachable . ” She thought , Is Donald really busy with something else , or is he just deliberately ignoring my calls ? ‘
She broke down in tears once again , clutching her phone in a death grip . At that moment , there was no one left she could reach out to . She was completely alone .
At 3 p.m. in Rosary Estates , Teresa finished packing . There were only a few hours left before her departure , and Michael was still napping . She sat quietly at the table , penning a letter to Jonathan .
There was a spare key on the table . Teresa planned to hand it over to the Rosary Estates property management when she left . She knew that if Jonathan ever learned about Mike , he’d surely come to find her immediately
In the letter , Teresa laid bare the whole story – from her divorce to discovering she was pregnant , and finally to giving birth to Michael .
She confessed that she was once determined to sever all ties with forever , never imagining that , after so many twists and turns , so much would
happen between them .
She candidly expressed her hope that he wouldn’t drag any innocent people into their affairs – whether it was Sherry , Christian , Miriam , Cheryl , or , as she finally mentioned , Jennifer .
She also frankly admitted that some people remained unaware : Donald , Benny , and Edward – none of them knew Michael was Jonathan’s son .
Teresa didn’t mention Irene , their past marriage , or whether she had ever truly loved Jonathan . Perhaps , at this point , love was no longer something that needed to be discussed between them .
In her letter , she laid all the blame squarely on herself , admitting it was her own lack of strength and courage that kept her from telling him the truth about Mike . She wrote many sentences of apology .
She wrote : [ I’m so sorry , Jonathan – for depriving you of your right to know you are a father . ]
Tears fell onto the letter as Teresa wrote . When she finally finished , she placed the letter on the table and weighed it down with the bracelet Jonathan had given her .
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At 4:00 p.m. , Janathan had just finished another meeting , but he kept glancing at the clock , clearly distracted .
The scene from when Teresa last left for Fernlandia was still as vivid as yesterday . He’d chased after her , running two red lights and pushing Myspond to 75 mph , but still couldn’t catch up – she was already gone .
Jonathan thought , ‘ Back then , I had neither the right nor the reason to go after her . Now , do I have the right or the reason ?
For some reason , Jonathan just felt that something was off . He pondered , ‘ Everyone around me Gary , Donald , even Teresa herself , and Yalena everything they said seemed to hint that something was wrong with Teresa .
‘ Could something serious have happened to Teresa ? Is that why she’s leaving ? She said she was
sexhausted , but exhausted from what ?
Jonathan never liked prying into Teresa’s affairs . At most , he’d check her flight details . That was it . He wouldn’t interfere with her decisions . He wished that if anything was truly wrong , she would come to him and tell him herself .
He thought , ‘ Guess I’ll just have to wait a little longer .’
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