Entangled Past.

Rose walked closer to her with a smile.

"It's really you," she said.

"Butterfly let's go " Arthur called Rose.

Vivian could only see a smile on Rose's face while the rest didn't seem to want to see her again.

"They don't seem to be happy to see me again," She said.

Rose turned around meeting with glares towards Vivian.

"They are just surprised " Rose fibbed.

Vivian smiled, " Can we talk tomorrow?" She asked Rose.

Rose accepted.

Vivian gave her phone number to Rose and left.

"Why did you even talk to her that long?" Irene asked Rose.

"I only said hi," she said back.

They left the restaurant and headed home. Arthur didn't ask what they talked about with Vivian.

"Am meeting her tomorrow" Rose told Arthur.

"Just be careful when you go see her, " He said.

Arthur came out of the meeting and checked his watch.

"Why do you keep checking your watch?" Sean asked.

"Rose is meeting Vivian for lunch today," he said.

Sean sighed as they entered Arthur's office.

"You let her go see that lunatic "

"I can't stop her " Arthur took a sip of his coffee.

He was worried even when he knew Rose left with her bodyguards.

Rose arrived at the restaurant Vivian had told her. Her pregnancy had made her sensitive to smell so she asked for an open place.

She took her seat and enjoyed the fresh air as she waited. She enjoyed her glass of orange juice.

"Am so sorry am late " Vivian said when she arrived.

"It's alright I got time to enjoy the blue sky," said Rose.

Vivian took her seat and ordered the same as Rose.

"So your pregnant again?" Vivian looked at Rose's belly since she kept caressing it.

" Yes I am, expecting twins " Rose smiled.

Vivian was smiled and congratulated her.

"Where did you go after your father's death?" Rose asked.

"I needed some space and time to think about what I would do next. So I decided to go away for some time " She told Rose.

"Do you feel better now that you back?" Rose asked.

"You can say that, I guess " Vivian took another sip of her orange juice.

They brought their lunch, Rose enjoyed her dish and didn't talk until she was done.

"Those twins really give you an appetite" Vivian laughed.

Rose cleaned her lips with a napkin, " Yes they do "

After their plates were cleared, Vivian told Rose why she wanted to see her.

"I wanted to tell you something my mother told me," she said.

Rose listened to her, but with time her eyes had formed tears. The story Vivian told her involved her mother and Vivian's mother too.

She was shocked to hear that her father had destroyed both their mother's lives.

"Am ashamed to tell you all this but I couldn't keep silent after I found out he was back " Vivian explained to Rose.

"Do you mean we are sisters?" Rose cried.

Vivian nodded as she dried her tears.

Rose laughed as she hugged Vivian.

"I don't think the others will accept me after what I did to you " Vivian cried.

"They will understand, don't worry " Rose promised her.

After their union Rose forced Vivian to follow her back home. Alex and Ralph were coming over. She called Arthur and told him to drag Sean over.

Irene didn't refuse her friend's request after she was summoned.

Vivian sat down in the living room as she looked around.

"What's wrong?" Rose asked.

"It's actually the first time I have spent this much time in Arthur's home" Vivian confessed.

Arthur and Sean arrived first.

"What is she doing here?" Sean whispered angrily at Rose.

"I invited her she has something to tell us, " She told them.

Arthur went upstairs to their room and didn't return. Irene almost went crazy when she saw Vivian in the living room.

"You crazy, did the pregnancy affect your thinking or what?" she argued.

"You guys just need to hear her story then decide later " Rose told them.

Alex was too tired to argue and Ralph listened to his sister.

They all huddled in the living room apart from Arthur who didn't return from upstairs.

"Vivian has something to say to us, so please listen to her, " Rose said.

Vivian was scared to say anything at first but with Rose's encouragement she went ahead

"I know none of you wants to see me here " She started.

"It's good you know that much " Irene let out.

Vivian continued to talk telling them about her and Rose's connection.

"That's impossible?" Irene refused to accept it.

"That a made-up lie " Ralph objected too.

Sean laughed claiming it was a farfetched story to believe it.

None of them believed Vivian's story at all.

She looked at Rose, " I told you no one would believe me " she said.

"That's why I called your mother " Rose smiled.

They all fell silent when they saw her walk in. She sat next to her daughter.

" Am saying all this because I want you all especially Rose and Ralph to forgive my daughter. She had no idea what she was doing that time "

"It's all in the past, "said Rose.

Vivian's mother told them how she had betrayed her best friend & got pregnant with Vivian. It's wasn't a happy story so most felt sad.

Sean who had not accepted at first was crying after the past was revealed.

" Your mother was the kindest soul I ever met and am sorry for what I did to her " Vivian's mother begged for forgiveness.

" You have another sister, tiger " Alex whispered to Ralph.

After the revelation the room was silent. Ralph who had fallen silent decided to leave with his wife and son. Sean and Irene followed soon.

"I told you they won't forgive me " Vivian cried out.

"It will take time but they will soon," Rose said to her.

"You don't only look like your mother but have her kind heart too, " Vivian's mother said.

They thanked her for listening and accepting Vivian as her sister.