“Then I told him that I always wanted to bear you a child who has your family bloods and some of your demeanours and now that we had separated, it was much easier to go on with life by raising a child that has part of you in him or her.” She said in bare whispers, but Dana heard them all. Alice paused for awhile before she continued.

“I was crying uncontrollably. He patted me and asked me to lean onto his shoulder. He caressed my face and said everything would be ok. Then things got complicated.” Dana face dropped upon hearing this.

“I kissed him.” Alice paused. “And he kissed me back.” Dana tried very hard to remain on her track. Her whole body tensed up. They slept together? She asked herself and swallowed hard.

“Then we moved to the bedroom.”

That was it. A stream of tears was rolling down Dana’s cheeks. If she wasn’t that stupid before then this would not happened. And now it was too late. She looked up at Alice with a dejected expression. She never thought their relationship would end up this way. But still she was determined to be there until Alice finished, so that she could have a closure. Not that she thought she could move on after this but she wanted Alice to tell her right in the face that there was someone else and it’s over for both of them. She leaned against the door feeling weak.

“He wanted more……” Alice sighed. Dana felt as if she had died. The pain in her heart was hard to bear. Alice looked at her, but Dana couldn’t read what was in the blonde’s mind.

“But I pulled away.”

Dana’s eyes beamed at the statement. She regained energy instantly and stood straight up. Maybe there was still a chance after all.

“Then I braved myself to tell him the motive behind the visit. That all I wanted was his sperms and nothing more. I apologized and stormed out from his house. Few days later he called to my hotel room and said he was sorry on what happened earlier. He told me that you are his favourite cousin sister and he would be honoured to do so. He agreed to remain anonymous in Chris’ life and even signed an agreement on this. Then I came back to New York for artificial insemination and nine months later Chris was born. And I named him after our last names.” Dana was stopped dead in her track, couldn’t believe what she heard. She didn’t know Alice would take all the hassles to bear her a child. She thought she couldn’t love the women more.