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.

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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,"

"Real daughter?" Tara looked at Nico in disbelief.

Nico once said that he would tell Tara the truth after Anya left Indonesia. But Nico broke his promise after that and made Tara very angry.

Was this the truth they had been hiding all this time?

"I... Am I your real daughter?" The expression on Anya's face seemed to crumble and she almost fell.

Tara helped her straight away. Upon hearing Anya's question, Maria cried bitterly.

"No way..." Anya shook her head repeatedly. "This is not possible!"

Maria just cried like a child, unable to say anything.

"Aunt Indah also lost her daughter so the Pratama Family is looking for their daughter's whereabouts. When they found the informant, Keara also told my mother. As a result, Aunt Indah did not find her daughter, but my mother did. And then, she found out that you are my mother's daughter," Nico said slowly.

"Impossible! Was the DNA test correct?" Tara asked nervously.

"Aunt Indah fell ill because she couldn't find her daughter. Meanwhile, my mother couldn't be happy even after she found her daughter. Not only my mother was suffering, my grandfather was sad and my uncle's heart was broken too. Keara took advantage of this news to end her engagement with Uncle Ivan," Nico mustered up the courage to tell everything when he saw his mother was speechless. "Doctor Tirta also knew the result of this DNA test because the test was carried out at the Dartha Hospital."

"Even though my grandfather knows, he is just the head of the hospital. Not that he himself carried out the test. Isn't there still a possibility that the test result could be wrong?" Tara asked, looking confused.

"Harris went to Hong Kong for four days. At that time, he was sent to carry out the DNA test right?" Anya muttered.

At that moment, Anya remembered Aiden starting to change. He looked like he was thinking about something, but the man didn't want to tell her anything.

"And the result?" Tara asked.

"The result is the same," Nico took a deep breath. "Because of the second result, my grandfather finally ordered someone to send auntie to the operating room and intended to abort the pregnancy."

"So, I really am your daughter? And Aiden is... my uncle?" Anya still couldn't digest what she had just heard.

Was this really the truth?

"Anya, if only there were other ways at that time, I would never have done it. I'm sorry, I really had to…" Maria said.

"Anya ..." Tara hugged Anya's body tightly. She did not expect that the secret that the Atmajaya Family had been hiding was this dark.

"Auntie, don't blame uncle. Uncle also didn't want to be separated from you. In order to stay with you and ensure your safety, my uncle even told his men to lock up my grandfather and mother in the Atmajaya Family house, so they couldn't go around as they pleased. Grandpa and mother decided that they had to kill the child in your womb after the DNA test showed the same results," Nico continued.

"You did the DNA test three times?" Tara was very surprised to hear that.

"Every test result is like a prick in everyone's heart. My mother, grandfather and uncle knew about it. But to protect me and my aunt, they did not tell about it," Nico looked at Anya. "What I will say after this is very cruel, but I have to do it."