The trio was flabbergasted.
They have never imagined this.
They have an astonished expression on their faces. Ethan and Jeffrey felt, they still have a chance to execute their ideas.
Evan lowered his head, he was feeling light, bliss and relieved. He didn't know his exact thoughts but was certain that, this feeling is good and he was happy.
Anna and Daniel looked at them with question marks on their faces!!! They both were confused by the blissful expression showed by Ethan and Jeffrey.
Daniel asked. "you guys shout just now, what happened?" he was polite in his speech.
Ethan didn't answer him but asked a question in return. "Anna is your sister, biological sister? If so, why don't you ever took her into any of dinner banquets and parties?" he was genuinely curious.
"Is she THE INFAMOUS Robinson?" Jeffrey asked in a strange voice.
"She is the sister, whom you missed for 10 years?" Evan knew some titbits about Daniel and his family.
Daniel fidgeted when asked numerous questions, he looked at Anna for her approval. He saw her nodding at him and sighed.
"Well, she is my biological younger sister, who doesn't like to appear in limelight. As for what made me miss her for 10 years was my cowardice." He explained in the very simple words possible.
Ethan turned to Anna and asked. "You lived alone for 10 years, what was your age by then and with their financial support or without?" he asked innocently.
Anna's body turned stiff, she saw Daniel's eyes and avoided them. Evan was observing her from start and such movements don't go unnoticed by his eyes.
The atmosphere turned tense.
Anna wanted to divert the topic when Daniel answered Ethan's questions. "She was 14 years old at that time, and refused to take money from us."
Anna felt like her heart went down all of a sudden, she stood up and turned to leave the ward. When Daniel asked her in a low voice which was audible to everyone. "I know you didn't take your friends help!!!" he paused and added. "Then. How?"
As soon as his words fell, Anna rushed outside the ward, she ran and ran. She finally stopped when she saw herself on the hospital roof and stood there watching the city with blank eyes.
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Inside the ward,
Daniel calmed himself down, he saw that Ethan and Jeffrey was watching him with anxious eyes. He looked at Evan who seem calm but the flicker in his eyes was oblivious that he was in a deep thought.
He said to them. "since, you know her identity please don't discuss it." He looked at Evan and said in a low voice. "Don't try to investigate her, she won't like it."
Daniel stood up and bid everyone goodbye, he finally asked the question. But the reaction was far worse that he initially thought. His aura turned melancholic, he turned away and left.
Ethan was curious and asked Evan, "Brother, is it possible for a girl to live independently at such a young age without any financial support from her family and succeeding so wonderfully?"
"If its luck, I'm going to ask some for myself." Jeffrey didn't bother with her affairs and turned to Evan.
Evan was looking outside the window; he too has a question in his mind. 'How did you do it?'
Evan ignored her friend and brother and took his coat and phone, he left the ward and soon exited the hospital.
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At the hospital roof,
Anna's phone rang, she looked at the caller and frowned but didn't receive it. The call disconnected itself. A while after a message came. 'I'm leaving, take care.' -Daniel.
Anna looked at the message for a long time until the screen dimmed itself, she then looked at the time in her watch and sighed to herself. 'There still so much of time left.'
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At Robinson's Mansion,
Thomas and Rose were in a bad mood, at first when Daniel told them about being reconciled Anna; they were very surprised and happy.
Today, Anna's friends called him when the family was having breakfast about Anna's mood. Since, everyone was busy they wanted Anna and Daniel to bond well. And thus, created a chance.
They want to know what is happening with them, so insisted on hearing her voice through Daniel's phone.
They heard Anna's laughter after so long, her mischievousness remained the same.
They were listening merrily, when suddenly the discussion about her being a Robinson started. They instinctively want them to avoid the topic but their friends seem interested about it.But as the questions followed, they themselves felt stifled, about her financial support that was a mystery to the whole family being discussed. They were curious as well.
And a silence followed and Daniel then disconnected the call. A strangeness overflowed in the atmosphere; Dyna too was listening to the call asked impatiently. "What does Daniel meant by no financial support provided for Anna by the family?"
Throughout the years there were so many facts that had not been in the knowledge of Dyna. She thought about her little Anna suffering alone outside her home and got agitated and asked in a stern tone. "I'm asking you all, Was Anna didn't receive any allowance throughout these years?"
Dyna looked up and saw her husband standing and listening to everything happening here, she raised her voice at him. "You ask her to be filial, do you have the courage to call yourself a responsible guardian first?" she turned and left the mansion without looking back.
Thomas and Rose were scared by Dyna's outburst on Jack. The mother they knew never voiced her opinion much what raising her voice. Thomas felt too guilty at the moment he left for his study.
Rose stood there with her head down, but could no longer bear it and left in the direction of kitchen.Everyone left, Jack was standing alone in the living hall; he has a tight grip on his stick. He suddenly loosened it and walked inside his study and looked at the wall filled with the pictures of a young girl.
He lightly touched them with a smile on his face that faded very soon and exited the place after locking it properly.
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