CHAPTER146:SHE MIGHT BE ALIVE.

After all the children have received their toys, thanked Ivana and now they were busy playing the snacks were taken to store room.

"I think we will be on our way Mama Teresia,thank you for the warm welcome and thank you for the entertainment" Ivana appreciated her sincerely.

"No, Ivana I am the one who should be grateful, you know a young lady like you having a compassionate heart is really rare. Most of people who are your age now are having good time of their life by partying. Look at you, you are very different your mother raised you very well. Thank you so much, I will see you off"

Milka looked Ivana apologetically when Mama Teresia mentioned about being raised well by her mother. Milka knows that Ivana was never raised by her mother or both parents. She knows that she was brought up by her late dad. Most of the memories that Ivana talk about is about her father. Their was no time Milka have ever heard Ivana talking about her mother.

She was surprised that Ivana just smiled back at her though a bitter smile. They walked to the already opened car doors. They waved at Mama Teresia who was very happy.

"Visit us frequently, Ivana and Milka, it was good having you around thank you" Mama Teresia said as she waved at them. She continued standing there until the cars disappeared. Ivana and Milka we're infront car that Charo was driving while Ivana's bodyguards were in another car following them behind.

The journey back to the mansion was the silent one. Ivana seemed so distant as she looked through the window. Milka tried striking a conversation about the children back then but she ended up conversing with Charo. But since he was driving, Milka stopped talking to him because she didn't want his mind to be divided and end up crashing into another car or motorbike.

Milka didn't bother to ask Ivana what was wrong with her. She already knows that she was thinking about her mother. She had already communicated about feeling like she needed a mother when Mama Teresia hugged her. The worst part that Milka felt that Ivana was touched,is when Mama Teresia said that her mother had raised her well.

Considering the fact that Ivana was only raised by her dad. That was something so disturbing in her mind.

It was almost evening when they reached home,because the traffic jam delayed them. Ivana forgot about carrying her vitamins supplement when she visited the children's home. She remembered when she stepped outside the car.

"Oh my God, I forgot to carry the vitamin supplements" she said as she touched her forehead.

"It never crossed my mind either, I guess I was too focused about your shoes. But I think doctor Masika said that you can take two tablets if you miss taking them at lunch hours?" Milka reminded her as they walked inside the mansion.

"Yeah I know, but you know how much I hate taking the tablets. I wish It could be administered through injection." She said with determination.

Now that they left the gardener and the maid in charge of the laundry. The door was not locked so Milka pushed it open. Ivana sat to the counch as she ordered Milka to bring her a juice before taking her vitamins supplement.

"Milka why did you leave the children home? Okay don't take it in a wrong way because, I saw how Mama Teresia was so motherly to us." Ivana asked unexpectedly.

"I just had to Ivana, I was old enough to look for a job that could support my self"

"If I were you, I could still be living there as I work. You know Mama Teresia made me miss my mother despite the fact that I never saw her" she said regrettably.

"I told you Ivana, you can visit her grave anytime or everytime you visit your dad. If you want I can accompany you" Milka told her.

"Milka, I don't know where my mother was buried. I used to ask my dad when he was still alive but everytime I could bring up that topic, he will either brush it off or quarell me. Even her photographs I have none, and I have never seen it. What I know is that my mother died while giving birth to me that's all." Ivana explained to her.

Milka was surprised as her mouth was wide open.She used to think that Ivana never wanted to visit her mother's grave because of fear. Now she understood why she was looking at Mama Teresia with admiration everytime.

"I am so sorry for that Ivana but have your ever thought that your mother might still be alive?"

Ivana was shocked with Milka's words, she wanted to quarell her but decided against it. 'Milka might be right because there is no single picture of mum in this house, no grave to show that she died. Dad used to shun me off everytime I asked him about mum. I don't want to keep my hopes high and get disappointed at last. Mum is no more' she thought as she looked around the house with a glass of juice in her hand.

"What do you mean Milka, if she was still alive where is she. She can't go into hiding for that long, she could have attended dad's burial and maybe claimed dad's inheritance afterwards. She could have just done something to get noticed."

Ivana remembered there was a time she visited her father's grave, she found a new candle and flowers placed there. But she brushed off because her dad was a famous business tycoon and maybe some of his friends might have visited his grave.

"Maybe she has Ivana or she doest know that your dad passed on or you will accept her if she come out and claim you. You never know!"

"No Milka my mother is long dead" Ivana said with finality.

"Don't take it wrongly Ivana I was only trying to reason out. I am sorry I don't like bringing up painfully memories to you. Now that you are pregnant I don't want your kid to be always gloomy or sad when it's born" Milka said as she chuckled softly at the end.