Chapter 500 Adopted From An Orphanage
“Where exactly did you hear this from? Who told you this?”
My mom did not answer my question. Her gaze turned utterly nervous.
I could see she was nervous in her heart.
“My biological mother came to see me. I have met her.”
I looked at my mom in her eyes and spoke calmly.
As soon as I finished my sentence, the glass in her hand dropped onto the floor. The water splashed all over the place.
“Did you say your biological mother came to find you? How is that possible?”
My mom stared at me in disbelief.
“It doesn’t matter what you think. That is the truth.”
My expression seemed utterly composed, but my heart was already dead.
From the moment Michael told me about this, I knew it was a fact that I could not change. Yet, when I looked at my mom, a deep sorrow rose within me.
“That’s not possible. When your dad and I adopted you back then, someone from the orphanage told us clearly that you belonged to no one. Now it has been over twenty years. How could your biological mother find you?”
My mom still did not seem to believe my words. She was overwhelmed with emotions.
As I heard she mentioned the orphanage, my heart fell with a thud. So I was adopted from an orphanage.
Alicia said that she separated from her child since the latter was still very young. It turned out that she dumped me at an orphanage
Initially, I thought she had good reasons for that. However, when I heard my mom mention it, it felt as though a knife had stabbed through my heart. The pain was too much for me to bear.
I had always thought that a mother would never abandon her child no matter what.
Yet, she abandoned me at an orphanage when I was small. I did not understand why she had come back to find me after twenty years. I feel very heartbroken about it, but I also felt that the whole thing was more like a joke.
“So I am not your child. No wonder you guys treated me so indifferently. Since you guys don’t love me, why did you adopt me back then?”
I could no longer suppress my emotion as tears rolled down my cheeks.
I did not understand why they did not try to love me like their own since they had decided to adopt me.
If you don’t love me, why did you adopt me?
My mom frowned tightly upon hearing my words. She walked toward the couch and sat down. A long while later, she finally opened her mouth.
“Your dad and I were married for years and did not have any child. We thought there was a problem with me, so we went to an orphanage and adopted you. We did not expect that I would get pregnant with your brother after that.”
Even though my mom sounded utterly calm when she spoke, I could somehow feel her regret.
I thought she regretted the part that she adopted me. If she had gotten pregnant earlier, she would not have adopted me.
Even though she merely explained it in two sentences, I felt like a thousand needles were stabbing through my heart.
“Got it. Now I understand why you have never given me any love before. It is because I am not your child. I am indeed an adopted child.”
I displayed a bitter smile as I shifted my gaze toward her. At the moment, she felt like a stranger to me.
“Anna, I know I mistreated you these years. But I think you should understand. Your brother is my child. I could not even give him enough love. How could I have more to spare for an adopted child?”
My mom looked utterly guilty, but her words made me feel really sad.
“If you didn’t have enough love to spare me, you should have given me away. I tried my best to be a good daughter all those years, but all I got was this. You guys are such a big disappointment!”
She never treated me as her child, yet I treated them like my biological parents all those years. Whenever they spoke harshly to me, I would tell myself that I was the one who did not do well.
I had been persuading myself to do better so that my parents would like me. In fact, I could not even remember how many times I had told myself that. Yet, now I realize it was such a joke.
“Since your biological mother has found you, what do you plan to do? Are you going to go to her?”
My mom did not seem to blame me for my harsh behavior to my slight bewilderment. I thought she felt that she owed me even though she did not love me.
“It’s none of your business!”
I did not want to face her anymore, so I turned around and ran outside.
I ran forward with full might. My heart was filled with utter sadness. What did I do wrong? Why is everyone so cruel to me?
I thought I had suffered enough during those years. Just when I thought I could finally enjoy the fruits of my labor, I found out I was an adopted child. Why is my life such a misery?
I did not know how long I ran.
I ran until my legs could barely move. I stopped and knelt by the road. I buried my head between my legs. I did not even have the strength to cry anymore.
As the sky started to turn dark, my phone rang. I took a deep breath and took out my phone. I gasped when I saw Michael’s name on the screen.
Tears welled up in my eyes again. At this moment, he was the only one who could give me hope.
“Hello.”
I answered the call. My voice was hoarse, probably because I had just cried.
“Where are you right now?”
Michael’s voice sounded anxious. I could feel how worried he was for me.
“I am in the wheat field behind the village.”
I came to the wheat field as I did not want anyone to see my miserable state. I knew there was hardly anyone passing by this place.
“Stay right there and wait for me!”
Upon hearing my reply, Michael’s voice appeared again.
Based on his tone, I knew he most probably had come to the village. When I was about to hang up, his voice appeared again.
“Don’t hang up!”
I knew he was worried about me. That was why he asked me not to hang up. At that moment, warmth filled my heart.
