Ivette, who had thought her older sister was dead for almost 20 years and had even seen her body, could not believe that her sister was standing in front of her alive.

If it wasn't for Idan, who confirmed that it was her, Ivette wouldn't have believed that it was Inessa, her older sister.

And now, hugging her living sister, all those resentments and anger that she had kept in herself for 20 years against her older sister disappeared. Ivette couldn't contain her emotions and burst into tears.

Inessa, in turn, was stunned and in a state of complete confusion when she discovered her younger sister in this mysterious place.

Ivette hugged her and burst into tears. Inessa, who had long since abandoned her past, adopted a new identity and did not expect to meet her sister again, also could not hold back tears, hugging her younger sister in return.

After crying in their arms, the two sisters, when their emotions had calmed down a little, went to the terrace. The others, seeing that they wanted to talk to each other, decided to leave them alone.

Ivette thanked them for that.

Left alone, the two sisters stared at each other in silence, not knowing where to start.

"Sister," — Ivette called, pulling herself together and deciding to ask the question that tormented her the most. "Why? Why did you decide to fake your death and abandon all of us?"

Ivette knew how secretive Adrian was, and realized that her sister's fake death was orchestrated by him and that the corpse she saw was not her sister's corpse.

Therefore, she did not ask this question, but decided to find out why her older sister had made such a decision.

"Why is that? Why did you decide to leave your son?" — without waiting for her sister's answer, Ivette continued to ask the question.

Inessa, who was trying to collect her thoughts and figure out how to explain everything to her sister, after hearing this question, forgot about everything she had thought before.

"What?" she blurted out. "What did you just say?"

"I asked why you decided to abandon your newborn son," Ivette repeated. "Were you so obsessed with Adrian that he turned out to be more important than your son?"

"No, no, no," Inessa began to deny, not accepting her sister's words. "My son is dead; I didn't leave him."

"Is your son dead?" — this time Ivette herself was surprised to hear such a statement from her sister.

"Yes, Adrian assured me that our son died in childbirth..." Inessa replied, and her words faltered slightly.

There was a short silence after that. Ivette, seeing the shock and panic on her sister's face, took a deep breath.

"Adrian lied to you, Sister," she said. "Your son survived then and grew up to be a wonderful young man."

"No, no, no," — Inessa continued to deny. "Adrian couldn't do this to me and our son."

"Hmm," — Ivette chuckled. "Trust me, Sister, he could. You know how handsome, charming, secretive, and mysterious he was."

Ivette was momentarily lost in memories of the times when they were young, naive and amorous.

At that time, there were five people in their company: Ivette, her older sister Inessa, Adam, Adrian, and a third guy who was a mutual friend for all four of them.

The relationship in the group was quite unusual. Both sisters, Ivette and Inessa, liked Adrian. He stood out from the rest of the guys with his charm, manners and mystery. Little was known about his past, and he himself created an atmosphere of mystery that attracted their young hearts.

Adam, who later became Ivette's husband, was in love with Inessa. But the third guy, their mutual friend, liked Ivette.

Everything changed when Adrian chose Inessa. This caused a rift in the relationship between the two sisters. They used to be very close, but because of the guy, their relationship quickly deteriorated, and Ivette harbored a grudge against her sister.

Adam was also heartbroken when he found out that Inessa had chosen Adrian over him. This was the reason that both rejected became close to each other and eventually became a couple.

Their fifth friend, seeing that Ivette chose Adam over him, harbored a grudge and disappeared from their lives. But a few years later, he came back, ingratiated himself and framed Adam.

Of the two sisters, Ivette became the first mother, giving birth to Irene. It wasn't until sometime later that she found out that her older sister was also pregnant. By that time, the sisters no longer communicated with each other and learned the news only through mutual acquaintances.

"You know, I remember very well the day when I was informed that you died in childbirth, but your son was saved," Ivette said, recalling those events and noting that her sister still could not believe her words.

"Adrian was missing then, and there was no news from him. We didn't know if he had any other relatives who could take care of your son. In the end, it turned out that Adam and I had to take your son in," she added.

Adrian's sudden disappearance and Inessa's death could not make Ivette and Adam forget about their grievances.

As Idan grew up, he looked more and more like his parents. Ivette and Adam, no matter how hard they tried to be good parents, could not give him the love that any child expects from their parents.

Idan reminded Ivette not only of her older sister, with whom she never had time to reconcile, but also of Adrian — her first love, which later turned into hatred. Ivette understood that little Idan was not to blame for this, but she could not control her emotions.

Adam, no matter how hard he tried, saw in Idan the shadow of his rival who stole his first love.

And this prevented both of them from fully accepting Idan as their son, which in turn led to Idan growing up to be who he is now.

Inessa, finding neither lies nor pretense in her sister's words, stopped resisting the truth. Tears welled up in her eyes.

"Sister... so Idan... is he... mine?" she said with difficulty.

"Yes, sister, Idan is your and Adrian's son," Ivette nodded, confirming her words.

Inessa, having received such an important confirmation, could not contain her emotions and began to cry.

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