Looking at the trembling Helena who was crying with her back against her, ra remembered how good Helena had been to her when she was a child.


    As a child living in a single parent family, ra remembered that when she was a child, her family was very poor, and she even couldn’t afford the tuition. Her mother had to take two or three odd jobs at the same time to earn money to support herself.


    In her memory, her mother had never mistreated her in terms of material life. If other children had something, Helena would buy it for her, no matter how hard her mother worked. Helena had never allowed others to look down upon ra.


    Thinking of this, although ra was sad that Helena had hidden the fact for so many years, she could not me her. Even if she was not Helena’s daughter, this woman tried her best to give her the best.


    Moreover, ra should thank Helena more for taking good care of her and treating her as Helena’s own daughter for so many years. If not, where would she be now? Could she meet Horace? Could she have such a life now?


    “Mom,” Holding back her sadness, ra wiped her tears and gently turned around Helena. “Can you tell me who your biological daughter is?” The most important thing now was to find Helena’s daughter and let Helena have the surgery as soon as possible.


    However, Helena just kept crying. “ra, I’m sorry. I… didn’t… I didn’t…” Helena spoke incoherently. And ra couldn’t understand what Helena said.


    Seeing Helena so sad, ra thought that her daughter might pass away. Or maybe her daughter died when born, so that Helena chose ra as her daughter.


    “Is your daughter dead?” ra thought her guess was reasonable, so she asked tentatively.


    However, Helena shook her head while crying. She kept murmuring, “No… no… I didn’t…”


    Not knowing what Helena meant by “no”, ra said anxiously, “Mom, the doctor has diagnosed you with leukemia recently. You need to find someone to donate bone marrow for you. Can you tell me where your biological daughter is?”


    Seeing Helena’s reaction, ra thought her daughter should not have died, but why didn’t Helena tell her?


    Hearing that she herself had leukemia, Helena looked at ra in shock. “How could it be possible? I… how could I have leukemia?”


    “A few days ago, the hospital called me and said that you were diagnosed with leukemia. We have to find a person who matches your marrow to perform an operation for you as soon as possible.” Holding her hand, ra exined, “I thought I was your daughter and maybe I could donate bone marrow for you, so I went to have a test. I didn’t expect…”


    Speaking of this, ra’s voice choked with sobs again. She couldn’t continue.


    Trying her best to hold back her tears, ra continued, “The reason why I didn’t tell you before is that I was afraid that you would be sad and your body couldn’t bear it. Now only your own daughter may be the only hope. Can you tell me where she is?”


    Unexpectedly, after hearing what ra said, Helena cried even more sadly. She shook her head, “I can’t… can’t…”


    Seeing that Helena still didn’t want to tell her, ra was very anxious. “Mom, now only your child can save your life. Can you tell me where she is? I’ll go to find her now.”


    Hearing this, Helena shook her head more violently. She grabbed ra and said excitedly, “ra, you can’t go to find her.”


    “Why?” Hearing Helena’s words, ra was almost sure that her child was still alive, and Helena knew where she was.


    But why didn’t Helena allow ra to look for her own child? Was there any unspeakable reason? Maybe. Otherwise, how could Helena abandon her own child and take ra home to raise her?


    But now, ra didn’t have so many thoughts. The most important thing was to find that child.


    “Stop asking, ra. I beg you. Stop asking,” Helena held ra’s hand and cried.


    Seeing Helena’s attitude, ra was even more confused. “Why, mom? If I don’t go to find her, what about your disease? It’s life-threatening.”


    “I’ll give up treatment. Forget it.” Helena shook her head while crying. “You don’t have to worry about me. That’s it.”


    “Mom!” Hearing Helena’s words, ra was shocked. “How can you give up? If anything happens to you, what should I do? Even if I am not your biological daughter, you have raised me up. In my heart, you are my mother.”


    Hearing that, Helena hugged her and cried out, “Sweety, I’m sorry. I’m so sorry…”


    Patting on Helena’s back, ra sobbed, “It doesn’t matter, mom. I appreciate you for raising me up. Can you tell me where the child is? I can’t live without you.”


    Hearing what ra said, Helena slowly pushed her away, wiping her tears, “ra, don’t ask about that. I won’t tell you. That’s it. That’s the end. I just resign myself to my fate.”Content from N?velDr(a)ma.Org.


    “Mom, how can you think so?” ra was anxious. “What’s so secret about it? I beg you, mom. Can you tell me?”


    But Helena seemed to resolve to conceal the truth. “ra, I’m tired. Don’t ask. You can leave now. I want to have a rest.”


    “Mom, you…” Still unwilling to give up, ra wanted to ask more. But Helena had already turned around andy down.


    ra bypassed the bed and walked to Helena. She wanted to continue persuading Helena, but ra saw that even if Helena’s eyes were closed, Helena’s tears kept falling down along the corners of her eyes and wetted the pillow corner.


    This scene made ra’s heart ache. Maybe her mother really had something difficult to tell. She shouldn’t have forced her mother like this.


    Thinking of this, ra took a piece of tissue, squatted down and wiped Helena’s tears. “Okay, mom, I won’t ask anymore. Don’t cry. Have a good rest. I’ll leave.”


    Helena didn’t open her eyes or reply to ra. She justy there silently with tears in her eyes. Seeing this, ra had to stand up slowly, turned around and left the ward reluctantly.


    Walking on the way home in a daze, ra felt a stirring of emotions in her chest now, mingled with sadness and disappointment. But what mainly upied her head were bewilderment and perplexity.