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"Excuse me? Can you please repeat what you said." Jasmine finally voiced out after deafening silence in the room.

Camilla gulped the lumps in her throat. "I'm your mother. You're my child." She said nervously.

Jasmine became stiffen. Rosa who was standing behind used hand to cover her mouth in shock. Williams on his part was expressionless, he only stood with a clenched jaw.

Few minutes later,Jasmine started laughing. Williams turned to stare at his daughter and Rosa raised a brow while Camilla furrowed her brows and stared at Jasmine wondering what was amusing to her.

The chuckling stopped. "This is so funny. You mean you came all the way to my house to tell me you're my lost mother? And I'm your child?". Jasmine questioned and Camilla nodded.
"You liar! How dare you come here to tell me rubbish and expect me to believe you?!". Jasmine yelled storming over to where Camilla was standing but before she could get hold of Camilla and drag her by the hair,Williams has grabbed his daughter by the waist and held on to her.

"Please calm down,sweetie. This is why I told you not to pay attention to her." Williams said calmly to his daughter.

"No,dad. Allow me to teach her a lesson on how not to come claim what is not hers." Jasmine said struggling to escape her dad's grip.

"I'm not lying, I'm saying the truth. You can ask your father." Camilla said with a cracked voice. Tears was already forming in her eyes.

That last sentence threw Jasmine to a stiff. It got her weak as well. Williams was thrown off balance. His grip on Jasmine loosened without him being told. Slowly Jasmine turned around to meet gaze with her dad. She shook her head in disapproval with her lips in a gape. "Please. Tell. Me. Its. Not. True. Dad.?". She choked on her words her eyes were becoming teary. The look in her dad's eyes could tell it might be true. "Please?". She pleaded now tears were rolling down her cheek.

"Its...true... Honey." Williams replied with a sore throat and took Jasmine hand to squeeze..

Jasmine gasp and flinched from his hold. Not knowing what else to do,she ran upstairs to her room and shut the door ignoring her dad calls.

Rosa follow suit to comfort Jasmine leaving Williams and Camilla alone.

"Are you still standing there?". Williams snarled his eyes bored on her.

"I...."

"I don't want to hear you speak again. Leave. Now! And don't you ever,I mean ever come back here!". Williams sneered glaring daggers at her.

His voice got Camilla shivering, quickly she ran out of the House slamming the door shut behind her.

"Damn! Where did she appear from out of nowhere? Why now? Arrrrrgh!" Williams grunted pounding his fist on the wall. His breathing was fast, anger,hurt,hatred,emotions all flashed in his eyes. He walked back to one of the couch and sat on it twitching his jaw and cracking knuckles.
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Later that same day,Williams decided to go see his daughter who had locked up her room all day given no access to anyone to come in. Its already past 7pm and she hasn't shown up at the dining, so he decided to try if she'd open up for him.

"Please excuse me, I'll be right back." Williams said to Rosa and left the dining room.

"What would become of me now that his ex wife has showed up? Why should it have to be now that Mr perfect has finally falling in love with me? What if he still loves her? Would he really breakup with me and go back to her after all she did to him?". Rosa asked herself after seeing Williams go upstairs. The incident of today couldn't stop replaying on her mind. She sigh heavily and rested both hands on her chin and her elbowed was leaning on the table. She kept thinking of what to do if things turns out bad between Williams and herself. The thought of loosing him was too much for her to bear. She had loved him right from the day she started working for him but she never did anything to seduce him to avoid painting a black picture of herself. And now after this long,he fell in love with her.

"Oh God, if you're up there,please don't let any woman take him away from me." She silently prayed and huff before sleep knocked her off on the dining table.
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"Sweetie, I'm sorry. I should have told you when she walked in earlier." Williams said to his daughter who had let him in after much pleading and persuasion.

"No,you shouldn't be sorry. I never imagined she would be my mum. After all I met her once,and it turns out she traced me down home. How would I know she's my...?". Jasmine stopped mid sentence with turning her gaze to the floor,fiddling with her necklace.

"I see its hard for you to call her mum. I understand." Williams replied pulling her to him.

"Dad, you don't understand how I feel. How dare she show up here after twenty one years and tell me she's my mum and I'm her child? How,dad? Does she even have a heart?". Jasmine questioned in a stern voice.

Silence. Total silence, Williams had no reply to that.

"I can never forgive her,dad. She hurt me,and you. So its better she doesn't come to ask for forgiveness because she won't get one from me." Jasmine said with a scowl.

"Child, I understand how you feel. I think you just have to give yourself sometime to get over this." Williams replied given her a warm squeeze on her hand.

"Dad, you look so calm. I was expecting you to still be angry or something. Is it that you've forgiven her?". She asked.

"Hell no!". Williams exclaimed with a frown. "I only choose not to allow that woman sudden appearance take charge of my happy mood,especially now that I know you won't be having anything to do with her." He added.

"Oh. Good to know. I was already getting scared you'd go back to her and leave...."

"Rosa". He completed for her.

"Well yeah." Jasmine said with a shrug.

"I'll never do that to Rosa. I'm in love with her and nothing can come between us now. I'm planning on going to see her family officially next weekend to let known my intentions to them regarding her. And if they accept, Rosa and I would set up a date for our court engagement." Williams said with a smile.

"Awwn. Dad is in love. I'm so happy to see you this way. Have you told her your plans yet?". Jasmine cooed placing her both palms on her chin looking into her father eyes.

"Uhhh, not yet." Williams replied with a heated face looking away.

"Oh my gosh! Dad,you're blushing!" Jasmine squeak. "Rosa must hear about the goodnews." She added with a wide grin standing up from the bed.

"Where are you going?". Williams asked with a raised brow.

"To tell her of course. She needs to know." She replied and started heading towards the door.

"No,don't tell her. I....just leave it to me,when I'm ready I'll tell her myself." Williams pleaded.

"Indeed. Dad you can do the proposal at your leisure but right now she deserves to know your plans for her. I'm sure she must be feeling moody after seeing today's drama we had earlier. So let me go see her I'm sure this news will lighten her up." She said winking at her dad before she ran out of her room.

"Oooh. This girl. She can't just let a surprise be intact till when I choose to reveal it. Huffff". Williams said before standing up to go join them downstairs for dinner.

*****
"My love,you said you've got something to tell me. What is it? Are you OK? Do you need anything?". Raymond asked as he walked hand in hand with Jasmine who had called him earlier telling him he wants to see him for something important.

"Yeah. I'm fine though. I just got a big surprise at my home yesterday." Jasmine replied.

"A big surprise? What surprise was that?". He asked.

"By the way before I tell you about the surprise, did you by any means give anyone my home address that I don't know of?". She asked slowing their walk.

Ray stopped at his track and held Jasmine wrist firmly and she halted as well. "Did someone came threatening you?". He asked now holding her shoulder and one hand on her chin requesting for an eye contact.

"Uhhh. No. Why?". Jasmine asked with a frown.

He gave sigh of relief. "Never mind. I thought you were threatened by someone. So what was the surprise and by who?". He asked.

"You never answered if you gave someone my home address. So?". She replied.

"No. I didn't give anyone your home address. Tell me what's going on? What happened yesterday?". He asked now looking worried.

"Well,ma'am Camilla came to my dad's house yesterday." She replied with small sigh.

"What? Camilla? At your place yesterday?". Ray asked looking surprise with a furrow brow and Jasmine nodded. "What the hell did she say she wants? And wait...its my mum doing. My mum must have given her your address." He added with a scowl clenching his fist.

"Oh. I see." She mumbled with a nod.

"So tell me,what did say to you? Or what did she say she wants from you?". He asked staring at her and beckoning her to speak.

"You won't believe it if I told you." She said looking away.

"C'mon,my love. Please tell me. What did she say?". Ray pleaded lifting her chin for her to look into his eyes.

Jasmine took a deep breath and breathed out. Swallowing the lumps in her throat, she started. "Raymond....Camilla is my mother." She said in a low tone but it was audible enough for Ray to hear her.

Ray flinched from her like she just got some plague on her body.

Silence was the answer Jasmine got from Ray and a stare of emotions, hurt, and things she couldn't place in his eyes as he stared deeply at her.

"What...did..you..just.. Say?". He finally asked with a stutter breaking the silence.

"Camilla, your mother's friend who I had met at your place the day I had lunch with your family, is my mother." She answered.

Ray scoff. "No. That can't be. Of all people it can't be Camilla. Maybe she's kidding around with you. Perhaps my mum is using her as...."

"No,Ray. She's my mum. I couldn't believe it too. But when i tried confirming from my dad,he agreed that she's my mum. She's my dad ex wife that abandoned me and my dad when I was just three years old. She's the one Raymond." Jasmine said cutting Ray off his sentence. Tears has already being formed in her eyes as she told him about her new founding.

Ray stood with a gape. He was dumbstruck. The thought of Jasmine being an elder sister to Sylvia is something Ray couldn't believe. How would he have the courage to tell her Camilla is Sylvia's mum. Its a question that is about driving Ray crazy as he stood there speechless staring Jasmine.

"You know, you were right when you said I'll find my mum soon. Yes,I've found her. She finally decided to come to me after how many years." Jasmine said with a sob that now drew Ray's attention. Quickly he embraced her to his chest and rubbed her arm to calm her down.

"Shhh. Its OK. Calm down OK?." He said placing a kiss on her head.

Still in his arms,a minute passed,two,three and more before she finally calm down. Releasing herself from his hug,he held on to his hand. "Can I ask you for a favor?". She asked.

"Yeah. Whatever it is as far as is something I can do I'll do it for you." He replied quickly.

"Please, I want you to tell me who Camilla really is? Where she lives? If she is married or not,if she got kids,I just want to know all about her considering its your mum's friend I'm sure you'd know better,right?". She asked staring at him.

Ray stood there speechless with a gape.

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