10 Chapter 10

"Take Melissa away now" the silver cloaked man said and left them; hanging.

Erwin scooped Melissa who is now sleeping peacefully on his arms and subconsciously tightened his hugged on her.

"Erwin, can you take me to the hospital, too? I'm not feeling well" Lando felt dizzy as he stretched out his arms towards the direction of Erwin and Dane.

Dane immediately sprinted to Lando and supported his body which almost fall on the ground.

"You cannot do as you please, Rolando. She's a Stone and will never be abandoned" Erwin glared at Rolando, who is now smirking at him and shrugged his shoulders.

"I have done my part of her life. I cannot bother you anymore" Rolando smiled as he watched Erwin slowly walking back to where they entered earlier.

"By the way, Erwin" Rolando called out Erwin's name and he is already used to it for three years.

"What is it?" Erwin asked impatiently.

"I advice you to tightly hold that promise" Rolando sneered as he followed behind Lando and Dane.

Lando peeked behind him to see Rolando. Honestly, he was disappointed of Rolando when he thought that he was the mastermind of his disappearance.

At first, he was hesitating on silver cloaked man's ordered to make him appear in front of Rolando. Although his mind keeps telling not to do so, his heart urged him to ask and was quite relieved of the truth.

So, Rolando was disguising as him, Lando, for their sick father. It just that Rolando couldn't find him which is the only reason he keeps on disguising himself.

Lando was about to talk to Rolando but there's no words came out and gulped down. He hesitated because of his wrong speculation of Rolando.

Rolando smirked as he saw his twin brother's action but paid no heed to it.

Meanwhile, inside the hospital.

Louisa and Eleanor are staying inside Rosalina's room to wait for her to regain her consciousness.

Louisa raised her eyebrows as she looked at Rosalina. Although Rosalina's looks can be compared to her mother, she still doesn't like her because Rosalina was from the countryside.

She has a classmate who is from countryside but was ridiculed and bullied by many children from wealthy family like hers.

She wanted to go out and find Gabriel, who she fancied because of his good looks and angelic smiles.

"Mommy, Can I look for Brother Gabriel?" she tugged on her mother's sleeve. Eleanor looked at her daughter.

Somehow, she doesn't like how her daughter wanted to be closed with Gabriel Santiago.

Yes, she shouldn't think anything because Louisa is still a two-years old child but her daughter's actions towards Gabriel shows how she thinks highly of him. Eleanor knows it is not a friendly actions because of how obsessed and possessive she is of Gabriel.

As a mother, her daughter's behavior doesn't escape her eyes at all. This made her worried of her daughter.

Eleanor couldn't help but attempted to disturb a flowing waters before the extreme waves.

"Louisa, I don't think it is good for you to love someone like Gabriel" Eleanor softly said with concern and worries in her tone.

However to Louisa's ears, it sounds like she's not qualified enough for Gabriel's affection and subconsciously glared at Eleanor.

"What are you saying, Mommy? I love Brother Gabriel! She's mine and no one can get him from me!" she exclaimed as she declared her rights infront of her mother; a rights to be Gabriel's girlfriend.

Eleanor was stunned to hear of what her daughter is saying. Louisa is still two years old but she already knows how to keep what should be hers.

Well, Louisa still doesn't know the differences between love for opposite sex and admiration for the idol.

She only knows that she likes Gabriel which means Gabriel is hers, no matter Gabriel likes it or not.

Eleanor somehow got the point of Louisa and stopped herself from persuading her daughter.

'Anyway, she's still a child' Eleanor convinced herself and tried to coax Louisa. Louisa calmed down but this doesn't mean that she already forgotten of what Eleanor means. Although she's still a child, she knows that she likes Gabriel more than what everyone thinks of him.

Then, a groaning woman sounded inside the room. Louisa and Eleanor looked at Rosalina who is slowly regaining her consciousness.

"Are you --" Eleanor was cut off of her words when Rosalina's eyes shone at Louisa's direction.

"Louisa! My precious daughter!" Rosalina excitedly said as she stands up while staggering. She slowly walked towards Louisa's direction like an infant who just learned how to walk.

Louisa frowned and felt displeased of Rosalina's words.

"Auntie Rosa, I'm not your daughter" Louisa pouted as she is holding back of herself on showing contempt and dislikes to this countryside woman.

"No! You're my daughter!" Rosalina insisted. She's too eager to see her daughter.

Louisa glared at Rosalina because her words are unacceptable. She has no mother who is living countryside! Never! Eleanor is her only mother!

Eleanor felt something wrong about Louisa and she immediately pulled Rosalina away from her daughter.

Earlier, she was stunned of Rosalina's words but somehow felt conflicted, not because of Rosalina's claimed as Louisa's mother but because of how Louisa viciously glaring at Rosalina.

She felt helpless and pulled Rosalina away from her daughter and coaxed Louisa again.

Louisa hugged Eleanor tightly. She's afraid of Rosalina's words.

Suddenly, the door opened. Erwin and the others entered the room. Erwin frowned as he looked at his aggrieved face. He sighed.

Eleanor's eyes lit up and immediately runs towards Erwin. She hugged him and her eyes shone brightly.

"Have you found Melissa?" she asked. Although she didn't interact with Melissa before, she felt comfortable with her and wanted to know more of her.

"Yes, she's at the other side of this room" Erwin responded.

However, Rosalina widened her eyes as her body shook after hearing Melissa's name.

'No. No. Impossible. She should be on the street right now. Yes, thats it! Maybe they talk about other Melissa' Rosalina clutched her head as she keeps on convincing herself that the Melissa they mentioned is not the Melissa she knows.

"Can I see her now?" Eleanor asked excitedly but was shocked because of Rosalina's shout.

"No! You can't! Don't go!" Rosalina shouted like a lunatic. She holds Eleanor's wrist tightly and has no intention of letting go.

Erwin frowned as he saw his wife winced in pain. He pulled Rosalina away from Eleanor and stared daggers on Rosalina.

"You're crossing the line, Rosalina!" Erwin shouted as he hugged her wife and looked at her reddened wrist.

"Why are you not allowing us getting closer to Melissa? She's your biological child!" Old Master Stone said; he just arrived and heard of the commotion.

Rosalina stared blankly at them. Her hands are trembling as she tried to calm down but cannot control herself at all!

"Rosalina! Why are you not saying at all about Melissa?!" Old Master Stone angrily asked.

If his second didn't investigate about Erson's life in the countryside, will he be able to see his granddaughter?

Melissa is his third son's daughter! He's been looking for Erson in twenty years since his disappearance. There's no news at all! Until they heard about Erson's death.

If his second son didn't lead a team to find Rosalina's house in the countryside, will he be able to know that he has a granddaughter?!

Rosalina was petrified of Old Master Stone's imposing and domineering manner. She clutched her head as she felt headache and anxiety. She cried like a lunatic.

Louisa was scared of how Rosalina turned crazy and hugged her father.

Erwin scooped up his daughter and coaxed her.

"No! No! No! Melissa must die! She must die! Why is she here?!" Rosalina keeps on blubbering about Melissa and they could tell from her voice that she's afraid of something.

"Put her in Dracula Foundation! Hire a suitable caregiver to take care of her and never allow anyone to visit her!" Old Master Stone declared and lead everyone out of Rosalina's room.

"Dad, where are we going?" Louisa asked cutely as she blinked innocently.

Erwin smiled at his daughter's way of easing the tension right now.

"Your cousin is inside the other room. We are visiting her. Be a good cousin to her, okay?" Erwin smiled as he stroke Louisa's hair and put her down.

When they opened the room, they saw Gabriel sitting beside Melissa.

Louisa was stunned as her eyes followed Gabriel's hand which is holding Melissa's gently.

She frowned and showed her displeasure.

"Old Master Stone" Gabriel nodded at Old Master Stone as his gaze turned towards Melissa.

His eyes are gently scrutinizing Melissa's fine skin. Although Melissa is still a child, she already shows her beauty.

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