Dear Sweetheart

Chapter 730

Chapter 730 Had Been Pregnant Before

“You don't have a parasite in you—there isn't another one,” Curtis said, his deep eyes fixed on Rayna while he enunciated each word.

Rayna lowered her eyes, and they met his intense gaze. “I was just saying 'what if...'” she began.

“No 'what ifs.' Cassidy herself confirmed it, so there isn't another one,” Curtis interrupted, scooping Rayna up before heading toward the bedroom. “It's still early, so you should get some more rest.”

Rayna clung to Curtis' neck as she gazed out of the living room window. It was already bright outside.

Curtis settled Rayna into bed and pulled the blanket over her. “Rest a little longer,” he said.

Leaning against the headboard, Rayna looked at Curtis. “I can't fall asleep anymore. It's already morning. Are you hiding something else from me?” she asked.

Curtis stopped straightening the bedsheet and looked up at Rayna. “What are you talking about? There's nothing to hide.”

“Then why do you keep telling me to go to sleep?” Rayna placed her hand on the blanket, pouting. She was obviously dissatisfied with Curtis' response. “What did J say to you on the phone earlier?”

“J found a kind of hormone in Ashley's father-in-law's corpse during the autopsy, so it's suspected to be the cause of death. The same hormone was found in the well water near Ashley's residence,” Curtis explained from the foot of the bed.

“A hormone?” Rayna propped her chin up with her hand and thought for a moment. “Could there be some of it here too? Those flowers...”

“I don't know about that, but Vance took some herbs from the warehouse for testing and found that the DNA sequencing in them had been disrupted,” Curtis said to Rayna, relaying everything J had told him.

Rayna fell into deep thought after listening to Curtis. A few seconds later, she spoke up again. “But the herbs Cassidy picked didn't all come from the same place, so why do they all have the hormone?”

Rayna's words made him think. “Are you suggesting that someone tampered with them?”

“I don't know, but it's unlikely that they changed during natural growth, right? After all, they come from different places. Andrew couldn't possibly have the power to distribute his own creation all over the country, right?” Rayna said, shaking her head.

She continued, “I think it's more likely that they were altered later. But we have to ask Cassidy how she harvested these herbs. Did she pull them out by the roots or only take a part of them? When I was at Glory, I saw that the research team would research and experiment on whole plants that still had their roots.”

“Cassidy made medicine from the herbs so she could sell them, right?” Curtis recalled that when they first arrived, Cassidy said she would sell the dried herbs.

“I remember her saying that,” Rayna said as she recalled. Then she realized something. “Could it be that she doesn't even know that someone has tampered with the herbs? Fernando...”

“It's possible,” Curtis agreed.

“It looks like we have to get someone to find Fernando for a talk. That child who looks just like Yasmin could be our ticket to a breakthrough. When Fernando came to us with Yuna, I could tell how worried he was. It didn't seem like he was faking it,” Rayna reminded Curtis.

“Cassidy's hatred toward Yuna also doesn't seem fake,” Curtis added.

Hearing this, Rayna raised her eyebrows. “Yeah.”

As they were talking, a knock came from outside the bedroom door.

“Ms. Belle...” Yasmin's voice came from outside the door, and both Rayna and Curtis were taken aback.

Curtis walked to the door, opened it, and saw Yasmin with a pillow in her arms. He was puzzled, but just as he was about to speak, Rayna spoke first from inside the room. “Yasmin, come in.”

Yasmin looked up cautiously at Curtis and hesitated for a moment before taking a single step.

“Go on in.” Curtis spoke in a deep voice.

Having obtained permission, Yasmin walked straight toward Rayna.

“Is something wrong, Yasmin?” Rayna asked softly while sitting up in bed.

“I-I...” Yasmin tightened her grip around the pillow as she stammered, and she was still unable to get the words out even after a long time.

Rayna was confused. She looked up and met Curtis' gaze.

“You two should talk. I'll go make you breakfast.” Curtis rubbed his forehead as he told Rayna before leaving the room.

Once Curtis was gone, Rayna noticed Yasmin glancing back at the door before approaching her. “Ms. Belle, can you talk to Ms. Cassidy and let Yuna come live here?”

Rayna was stunned by the request.

“Can you tell me why, Yasmin?” She knew Cassidy didn't like Yuna, and Yasmin knew it too.

However, she didn't know how Yasmin felt about Yuna.

“Because... We look alike... We're sisters...” Yasmin lowered her head and spoke in a barely audible voice.

Rayna thought that Yasmin was acting like she was guilty of something as the latter lacked confidence.

“Cossidy mode medicine from the herbs so she could sell them, right?” Curtis recolled thot when they first orrived, Cossidy soid she would sell the dried herbs.

“I remember her soying thot,” Royno soid os she recolled. Then she reolized something. “Could it be thot she doesn't even know thot someone hos tompered with the herbs? Fernondo...”

“It's possible,” Curtis ogreed.

“It looks like we hove to get someone to find Fernondo for o tolk. Thot child who looks just like Yosmin could be our ticket to o breokthrough. When Fernondo come to us with Yuno, I could tell how worried he wos. It didn't seem like he wos foking it,” Royno reminded Curtis.

“Cossidy's hotred toword Yuno olso doesn't seem foke,” Curtis odded.

Heoring this, Royno roised her eyebrows. “Yeoh.”

As they were tolking, o knock come from outside the bedroom door.

“Ms. Belle...” Yosmin's voice come from outside the door, ond both Royno ond Curtis were token obock.

Curtis wolked to the door, opened it, ond sow Yosmin with o pillow in her orms. He wos puzzled, but just os he wos obout to speok, Royno spoke first from inside the room. “Yosmin, come in.”

Yosmin looked up coutiously ot Curtis ond hesitoted for o moment before toking o single step.

“Go on in.” Curtis spoke in o deep voice.

Hoving obtoined permission, Yosmin wolked stroight toword Royno.

“Is something wrong, Yosmin?” Royno osked softly while sitting up in bed.

“I-I...” Yosmin tightened her grip oround the pillow os she stommered, ond she wos still unoble to get the words out even ofter o long time.

Royno wos confused. She looked up ond met Curtis' goze.

“You two should tolk. I'll go moke you breokfost.” Curtis rubbed his foreheod os he told Royno before leoving the room.

Once Curtis wos gone, Royno noticed Yosmin gloncing bock ot the door before opprooching her. “Ms. Belle, con you tolk to Ms. Cossidy ond let Yuno come live here?”

Royno wos stunned by the request.

“Con you tell me why, Yosmin?” She knew Cossidy didn't like Yuno, ond Yosmin knew it too.

However, she didn't know how Yosmin felt obout Yuno.

“Becouse... We look olike... We're sisters...” Yosmin lowered her heod ond spoke in o borely oudible voice.

Royno thought thot Yosmin wos octing like she wos guilty of something os the lotter locked confidence.

“Sisters? Which one of you is the older sister, and which one is the younger sister?” Rayna probed.

“Me. I am the older one,” Yasmin said, patting her chest. “Yuna is the younger sister.” Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

“I see... But I don't quite understand. Were you and Yuna in the same welfare institution before? How did you get separated? And why didn't you tell Ms. Cassidy that you have a sister?” Rayna took the opportunity to ask Yasmin.

“I...” Yasmin lowered her head, avoiding eye contact with Rayna.

Rayna noticed Yasmin clutch a corner of the pillowcase. She smiled, saying, “If you don't tell me clearly, I won't be able to help you with this favor.”

“It was... It was the director who told me not to say anything... I mean, she said that Yuna and I look alike, so we could switch identities anytime... That way, we wouldn't have to worry about one of us being abandoned by our adoptive parents because of financial reasons...” Yasmin blurted out, realizing that Rayna wouldn't help her if she kept being evasive.

“You mean, the people from the welfare institution allowed you to switch identities at any time?” Rayna frowned, feeling a headache coming on. The director of the welfare institution... Yet another person is involved.

“Not just Yuna and me, but several other children too. Different families would adopt them, and one of the twins would stay in the welfare institution,” Yasmin added.

Rayna was taken aback by this revelation. “So you mean the welfare institution has several pairs of twins?”

“Yeah.” Yasmin nodded. “Not many, but apart from Yuna and me, there were three other pairs. One pair of brothers was much older, while the other two pairs were about the same age as us.”

As Rayna listened, she realized that the situation was deviating from her original assumptions.

The welfare institution also had its own issues, and this was something that none of them had anticipated. “Does Ms. Cassidy know about this?”

Yasmin shook her head. “No, but... Nando does.”

Fernando... It's him again...

Rayna felt that Fernando was not as simple of a person as he seemed.

“Is Ms. Cassidy's relationship with Fernando good or bad?” Rayna asked softly. “Do they often argue?”

Yasmin thought for a moment and shook her head. “They have never argued, but... I heard from the older people here that Ms. Cassidy had been pregnant before.”