Hertha was at her wit's end, giving Kimberly a look that was loaded with discomfort. "Mom, please, just hear me out before you jump to conclusions."

"Alright, let's hear it then. I'm curious about what excuse you've conjured up this time," Kimberly said, her face dropping into a look of expectancy as she stared down Hertha.

Truth be told, Hertha and Alaric hadn't returned yet, and Kimberly had a hunch, which is why she had asked Hertha for the marriage certificate, clinging onto a sliver of hope. But now, seeing Hertha's helpless expression, Kimberly's fleeting hope vanished into thin air.

Her daughter had returned alone, not with Alaric. Clearly, there was a significant issue.

Knowing she could no longer hide the truth, Hertha glanced at her father standing sternly behind Kimberly, waiting for her to continue.

With a heavy sigh, Hertha said, "Alaric... he's had a child with another woman..."

"What!" Kimberly gasped, her eyes widening in shock, her whole body freezing.

a problem but hadn't imagined it to be

"That bastard, I swear, when I see him, he's going to be picking his

he had thought maybe his daughter was just

she'd run into a real

now?" Kimberly, coming back to her senses, found it

been playing in the toy room, burst

two little

legs, looked up

eyes. Helena, with her chubby little face, asked in

for Alaric, and her bright,

initially wanting to ask

up and said, "Mommy, Grandma's Mac and Cheese was so yummy, we had a bowl already. There's still some left in the pot, you and daddy should have some

their level, gently touching their soft cheeks, fighting back tears as she said, "Alright mommy will have some of Grandma's Mac and Cheese later. It's

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