bi“/i/bbiM/i/bb–/bMom, tell me this isn’t itrue/i. You found Robena before she was 157”

Amber looked at her sons in horror. The words caught in her throat like lumps of coal. Davis just stood in silence like a statue refusing to look anyon the beyes/b..

“When my brother and isister /idied in a car ident, my wife and I were going to officially adopt my iniece/i. iThe /iday before the adoption however, we received notice that the Crests wanted Rabena back. When imy /iwife and I traveled to Banton to fight it, they had awyer provide us with paperwork showing my brother and sister would relinquish parental rights back to the Crests in the ievent /isomething happened to themi./ii” /i

Pete looked as if a bad memory formed into his mind.

i“/iiIt /iwas the ifirst /itime I had ever cursed my brother. iRuby /iiwas /iiour /iniece, iand /iwe loved iher /idearly. iI /ihad every intention on fighting it; but Rabena showed excitement about meeting her birth parents, iI /icouldn’t bare to do that to her. Of coursei, /iiter /ion iwe /iwould learn those documents were false.i” /i

Rabena’s mind went nk. She’d remember learning of her birth parents for the bfirst /btime and the excitement she’d had learning they found her. How foolish she had been back then, five years taken away from her true family all because she wanted to meet strangers. Aaron’s heart felt as bif /bba /bbtight /bwire was crushing it. He knew Rabena’s hearth was breaking, and he didn’t know how to sooth her; but she needed to learn the full truth.

“To be honesti, /iiI /icould ihave /iiforgiven /ithe Crests ifor /iilying /iand istealing /iimy /iiniece /iifrom /iher ifamily /iihad /iithey /iitaken /icare of her. I found outter bmy /bniece was only brought back to iBanton /iibecause /ishe iwas /ibone imarrow /iimatch /ifor iher /iifraternal /itwin sister iDanielle/ii. /iThey inever /iihad any /iiinterest /iiin /iloving her or making her apart iof /itheir ifamily/ii./i”

The ballroom was filled with tears, soon, angry shouts from the Prices and Martins irrupted. Peter continued.

i“/iiI /iilearned /iiter /iion /ifrom imy /iiniece /iithat /ishe iendured /iiover /iifive /iyears of iabuse /iat the hands of her iparents/ii, /itwo iof /iiher /ibrothersi, /iiher /isisterbi, /i/band her husband. Too iashamed to /iitell /ime, she ikept /iithis /iiall /iibottled /iup iinside/ii. /iiThe /iionly /iipeople /iithat /iiever /iishowed /iher ilove /iiwas /iher older brother iDamon /iiwhom /iwe’ve taken in like a son iand /iiChairwoman /iLockwood ialong /iiwith /iiher /iigrandson /iiTyler /iiLockwood/i.i” /i

Grace’s older sister Cora charged directly at Amber.

“iYou /iibitch/ii! /iiHow /iicould /iiyou /ido ithis /ito my iniece/i! iYour /iown idaughter/ii! /iiWhat /iikind /iof mother iare /iiyou/ii!/ii” /i

Cora’s husband and daughter grabbed her as she tried to attack Amber while the security team tried to break up the fight. Through tears, Cora’s daughter Laura stopped her mom. fne4dd The source of th?s content is f?i?n?d?n?o?v?e?l?/fne4dd

i“/iShe’s not worth it imom/ii! /iiCome /iion/i. iLet’s /igo iand /ifort iRuby/ii. /iiShe’s /iiall /iithat /iimatters/i.i” /i

The other family members from the Prices, Martins, and Michaels all came over to embrace Rabena who was now hugging Aaron and sobbing. Pete continued.

i“/iI’m itelling /iiyou /iall ithis /iso ithat /iiyou /iican /iiknow /ithe itype /iiof /iipeople /iiyou /iiput /iiup /iion /iia /iipedestal /iiof /iihigh /iisociety /iibut /ialso to iatone /ifor ifailing /ito honor my brother iand /iisister/i–iin/ii–/iiw’s /iipromise /iiby /iiprotecting /iime /iiniece /iiif /iianything /iiever /iihappened /ito ithem/i.”

Pete walked over to Rabena along with Gloria and Sean, tears streaming down their faces.

i“/iiRuby/ii, /iip/ii–/iiplease/ii. /iiCould /iiyou /iiforgive /iius/ii?/ii” /i

Rabena grabbed her uncle and aunt and hugged them tightly. Sean wrapped his arms around all of them. Finally, the family was truly reunited.

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