Chapter 69
Anastasia didnât stick around Alessia and her husband for too long as she needed to get back to work. She simply gave a gift for the baby, and then took
off.
Anastasia was quite generous this time, however, she was willing to prepare a more expensive gift for the baby.
Because she was the babyâs godmother, it was necessary for her to prepare a gift for the child.
Anastasia hailed a cab to go back to the office. On the way, she couldnât help but call her mother.
She wanted to clear up some fuzzy images that were floating around in her head.
Salma, who was comforting Cynthia, immediately picked up the call when she saw it was from Anastasia
Salma asked with concern, âAna, itâs your first day back at work, howâs it going?â
âMom, Iâm good, Anastasia replied cautiously, âI just accompanied a colleague to the hospital for her delivery, and now Iâm on my way back to the office. As a token of gratitude, she asked me to be the babyâs godmother.â
Salma chuckled, âThatâs a good thing, getting along with coworkers helps youâ
âUhâhuh.â Anastasia held her phone and looked out the car window, âMom, when my colleague went into the delivery room, I suddenly remembered something.â
This startled Salma on the other end of the phone.
Salmaâs face changed instantly, and she asked anxiously, âWhat did you remember?â
Salmaâs question made Anastasia even more uneasy.
âMom, did I have a serious illness before? I remember being pushed into the operation room, and I was holding your handâ
Salma casually replied, âYes, you were ill, you had an appendectomy a few years back. You were so scared of the pain, you held my hand and cried just like when you were a childâ
Anastasia was skeptical, âWas it an appendectomy?â
âYes,â Salma confirmed, âMonica was with us too, donât you remember? Ana, are you under a lot of stress at work, why are you having all these crazy thoughts?â
Anastasia wasnât sure whether to believe her mother, because there were so many things she couldnât remember. When she was depressed, the doctor said her brain was stimulated, which may cause selective amnesia.
Sometimes she felt that she remembered everything, but often felt that she had forgotten something.
When Anastasia thought of Alessia going into the delivery room and the newly born baby, her heart began to ache and she felt very uncomfortable. Her mood also became very bad, somewhat out of control.
âMom, I want to ask, Anastasia clutched her chest, barely able to speak, âDid I ever have a child?â
It took all the courage she had to ask this question.
Because she couldnât believe it herself, she had no memory of it and she never had more than a friendly relationship with Cason, how could she possibly have a child?
But she just couldnât understand why she would ask such a question,
This question scared both her and Salma.
âAnastasia, stop imagining things, youâve just got married, of course you donât have a child.â Salma tried to remain calm, âHave you been watching too many TV dramas lately, or did something upset you, donât scare me, is it your husbandâs family pressuring you to have a baby?â
Anastasia also thought this was too incredible, was it really because she had been pressured to have a child lately that she was feeling stressed?
Herman asked her in the morning whether she preferred a boy or a girl, and she personally witnessed Alessia giving birth, maybe she was really under too much mental pressure and confused reality with TV dramas.
If she really had a child, she would never forget such a big event.
And where would the child be?
Anastasia rubbed her temples and said, âMom, I was just joking with you, Iâm at the office now, I gotta hang up.â
Anastasia figured things out, but Salma was scared out of her wits, she was worried that Anastasia had really remembered that event, so she hurriedly called Monica
If Anastasia asked about it, they should say she had an appendectomy before, they shouldnât slip up.
Salma realized she might not be able to keep this secret from Anastasia for long, but for now, she had no choice but to keep it from her.