“I would work hard and raise these children. I would be a better mom to them. I don't know what mom is for her children but I could understand what children are for mom.” Anastasia caressed her stomach to feel them. She realised what she could have lost today. Now she has made her mind to keep the children of her womb. She remembered Doctor told her that
“You are lucky to have identical twins. one is a girl and one is a boy. It's the rarest condition.”
She was stepping to her house, walking under the autumn tree and began to hear both of her children playing around her. Everywhere was blooming like spring.
“Mommy...mommy...brother is teasing me... Why don't you scold him.” Her little girl was complaining about her little boy. She saw her son was pulling the braid of her daughter. They both were looking exactly like her. Blue eyes and ginger hairs. They seemed a little mischievous but adorable.
Even though she was just a teenager, She started feeling amusing just by imagine that.
The new motherly feeling has been brought up in her heart. She was slapping herself for preferring to abort them.
“I was mad...forgive me, my children...I was crazy to think about such a step. I hope when you become older, you will understand why your mother decided to take such a heavy step.” she was patting her head in regret. But she was glad that her heart beated her brain and she was able to see the right path.
Even she knew that will be alone taking care of them, she was ready to face all the problems during her pregnancy. She was still unfamiliar with many things. There was no guidance around her but still, she was firm that she can do it.
She lived motherless and fatherless since her childhood but she wanted to give all her love to these children. She crossed her finger in positivity.
“I know I shouldn't happy for my pregnancy but there will be someone in few months who would be close to my heart.” Anastasia suddenly became so mature and was sure what she has to do now but she was unaware that many twists and turns were waiting for her. Someone was already looking for her in her house.
As soon as Anastasia opened the door and came inside, she was startled to see that her aunt and her cousin Vienna were already sitting in her house.
She clearly remembered that she has locked her house from outside. There was no chance that they used a key to get enter. They had invaded inside and already sitting on the white plastic chair which was quite broken. Vienna was sitting with crossing her legs.
Her aunt, Sally was almost about to fall from the chair as its legs were spread on the floor. Just a little pressure on the chair and she would fall on the floor.
“Aunt...Vienna....you are here?” Her voice started trembling no sooner did she saw them.
Anastasia instantly hides the bag from her hand and smiled bitterly. Their appearance was not less than a shock to her. She was not expected to see them at this moment. She was afraid that if they come to know about her pregnancy they would kill her right now. Her face turned pale as her eyes fell on both of them.
Vienna kept glaring at Anastasia with her flinty brown eyes. Vienna aged around twenty-one with a thin tall physique and a fair face. Her mother Sally was aged around Forty-five but still maintained herself well to look like forty.
Vienna and her mother became jealous to see Anastasia grew so well and beautiful. She was fragile as a young flower. That was one of the reasons they hated her for long.
“Then what do you expect, we should be standing outside and waiting for you huh?” Vienna was still as rude as Anastasia had seen her last time. Her hands were kept on her waist. It was more like she came to fight with her. There was not a single bit change in her. Since these years.
Anastasia was puzzled as she was seeing them after many years. Last time when she was crawling from their house and they were kicking her. There was no possibility that they came to take her. Did they?
“Where were you? Can't you see that we are waiting for you for a long? ” Her aunt, Sally curled her fingers from her hair bangs. Vienna pressed her lips out of irritation.
“Aunt I got a job...so I went there.” Anastasia was hesitant. They had no connection left once she came out of that home and she didn't even know how they got to her house.
“Don't think we came to take you.” Vienna smirked viciously and shook her head showing fake disappointment on her face.
“Yes...your cousin has engagement. I came to invite you for that... Your Grandma is going to come there too..so it's good that you will attend that.” It was more sounded like she didn't want to invite Anastasia but she was forced to do that.
Her aunt tapered her eyes and started looking at the house. Her face became disgusting and she crinkled her nose.
“Congratulations Viena.” Anastasia smiled and raised her hand towards Vienna to wish her. But Vienna jerked her hand aggressively.
“You..how dare to touch me....do you even know whom I am going to engage. My fiance is a manager of servants in Brixton palace. It's better if you call me Madame.” she said and wrapped her arms around her waist. Anastasia slumps her shoulder with remorse.
“Ohh...” She took her hands back. Obviously marrying into a Royal household was not easy even one wanted to marry their head of servants and her cousin was going to marry the head of servants. That's ultimately boosted pride in both the mother and daughter. Now Sally and Vienna we're looking extremely down to her.
“If you did not behave like a w***e, I would surely get any royal servant to marry you off. Some servant who works under Vienna’s fiancee.” her aunt went and started touching the stuff and kept making awful faces.
“Aunt Sally...sit...I will make something for you.” Anastasia said to her aunt and hurrying to the corner where she kept a small gas and few pots to make her instant food.
“No thanks. I just came to invite you. If your grandma was not going to come, I would have never come to see you.” her aunt was ready to leave.
Vienna’s expressions were still disrespectful just like a few years back.
Now her to be husband was at the job of managing servant in the Brixton palace, her superiority was in clouds nine.
“Are you done, mom? I am feeling choked in this tiny house. This house is not livable even for those insects.” Vienna was getting uncomfortable. Obviously, she’s been living quite well. Not like Anastasia rented a small house to save her money.
“Yes, darling. Just a few minutes more. She is our responsibility anyways. What if your grandma asks about her.” Aunt has fake concern on her face. She was not concerned about her but wanted to see what’s going on in her life but by looking at the surrounding she lives in, she understood that Otherwise, why would someone remember her responsibility after few years?
“Where are you working now? From where you came just now?” Her aunt asked her with interrogating gaze.
“I was in the cafe...” Anastasia replied with a bitter smile on her face. She was kept hesitating and hiding the bag behind her back. Unfortunately, Vienna noticed that and her eyes squinted with suspicion.
“Ohh really, then what are you hiding behind? Let me see that.” Vienna snatched the plastic bag from her hand. Her lips tighten in outrage. “I see you are hiding something since you have come.” She grinned her teeth.
“Vienna…it’s nothing…I am…” Anastasia tried to stop Vienna but she was not ready to listen. Her hand was in hurry to open that bag.
She took the papers and started reading them carefully. Anastasia clasped her hands over her head. She was caught.
“Pregnant?” Vienna’s eyes widened to see it. She screamed with creased brows.
“What?” Her mother eyes went round. Her expressions turned sour.
“Yes, Mom…this b***h is pregnant…almost for three months. That too with twins.” Vienna said with a disgusting face and curled lips.
As soon as her aunt heard that, she came and immediately slapped Anastasia’s face. Those five fingers were printed on Anastasia's face.
“This slut has always wanted to ruin our reputation. Once someone sent her flower and now she got pregnant at the age of nineteen. Tell me who is that man?” Aunt was aggressively screaming on her face and asking about the man whom she slept with.
Anastasia rubbed her chicks. Her eyes turned teary and down. She was extremely saddened because she cannot remember who that man was. She cannot even tell them that she didn't know that person otherwise she would be beaten to death.
“Tell me you slut...under whom you slept? Whose was big enough that you take it inside huh?” Vienna came biting her teeth and grabbed her neck. Anastasia started choking badly and kept struggling with her hands.
“Vienna...please stop this...it will harm my babies...please...” Anastasia held her hand and tried to get it away.
Vienna acted it unheard.
“Let's go and abort these illegitimate babies. You should get rid of it as soon as possible. You cannot come to your cousin's ceremony with a pregnant bump.” Her aunt started stretching her hand to take her out. She was afraid that in few days Anastasia will begin to show her baby bump as she has twins.
“Auntie please...no auntie...I don't want to abort these children...auntie please...” Anastasia began screaming and begging. Her aunt and Vienna have appeared in her life again and now they were forcing her to abort her children. She didn't know what she has done to go through all these things.
She was laid on the floor and bent on her knees. She was protecting her stomach at her best as she didn't want to abort them.
Aunt and Vienna were pulling her out of her house but she kept holding the door. The same thing which had happened many years was happening again.
“Bitch...you want to break my engagement with that man. What if people knew about your illegitimate child.” Vienna thought because of Anastasia people will start speaking ill about her too.