When Alicia came home from a business trip, and discovered a baby next to her husband on their bed. His explanation didn’t make sense, but she was tired, and decided to go to bed. But a few hours later, when she woke up, she had to face the shocking truth.
After an extended business trip to New York, Alicia had finally returned to Miami and was looking forward to resting in the arms of her husband, Luke. She walked cautiously around the house, taking off her jacket and trying not to make any noise. It was late at night, and Luke had no idea she was back.
She was supposed to be back in three days, but Alicia managed to finish her work early and decided to catch a flight back as soon as possible. Unfortunately, that meant arriving in Miami after midnight. But it wasn’t that bad. Luke would be surprised when he woke up next to his wife in the morning.
They talked all the time while he was gone, but a month was way too long for a business trip. Never again, Alicia thought when she finally reached their room.
Luckily, she didn’t need to turn on the lamps, as the moon reflected enough light to see around her. She saw her husband’s figure on the bed and heard his light snoring, but she moved quickly into the room to put on her pajamas.
However, she stopped short when she saw a small baby on her side of the bed. There was a pillow on the edge so the little one wouldn’t roll off and fall to the other side. But Alicia and Luke didn’t have children. What was going on? Where had he gotten this baby?
Luke had no family since he grew up in an orphanage, so the child couldn’t be a niece or nephew. So what did that mean? She wondered in shock.
She went to the other side of the bed and shook her husband. “Luke! Luke! Wake up!” She tried to whisper, but she was too scared to make any noise. Luckily, the baby didn’t hear, but her husband felt her hand on his arm.
She shook Luke awake, demanding answers. | Source: Pexels
“What? Who… Alicia? What are you doing here?” he growled, hand on his face and wiping his eyes
“Meet me in the kitchen right away!” she whispered before walking away.
Luke slowly followed her, looking at her sleepily. “You came earlier.”
“Yeah, whatever. Who is this baby, Luke? What’s going on here?” she asked angrily.
“I’m not sure, Alicia. Someone left it on our doorstep a few days ago, and I took care of it,” Luke said, yawning heavily.
“What? This doesn’t make sense! Let’s call the police!”
“Yeah, we have to, but I always forget while I’m taking care of him. Look, I’m way too tired to have this conversation. And you’re probably tired from the trip too. Let’s go to bed and figure out what we’re going to do in the morning, okay?”
“No, we have to find a solution now!” Alicia exclaimed.
Alicia woke up to voices outside her room. | Source: Pexels
“Shh, please. It’s too late. You’ll wake the baby. Please, let’s go to bed,” Luke said as he went back into the room, not waiting for Alicia’s answer.
“Good,” she murmured, following him nonchalantly. She lay down on the other side of the baby, and it was okay, because their bed was huge. Surprisingly, Alicia fell asleep quickly and didn’t dream all night.
At seven o’clock in the morning that day…
She woke up to muffled voices coming from the living room. She turned over in bed and saw that Luke and the baby were gone, so she rushed out and left the room, trying not to make any noise.
“Luke, when are you going to tell him? This can’t go on like this!” A woman’s voice said, annoyed.
“Please, keep your voice down. I don’t know how to tell her, okay?” Luke replied in a lower tone, hoping Alicia wouldn’t wake up.
Luke tried to calm her down. | Source: Pexels
A futile attempt, because his wife was wide awake now. Who is it? Is it about the baby? Is she the baby’s secret mother? Alicia was worried and wondered if she should show herself and confront them.
“Please, let’s give him some time. I’ll tell him when the DNA test results come back,” Luke said, and Alicia couldn’t believe it.
A DNA test? He got this woman pregnant, and now they’re running a test to confirm that he’s the father? I can’t let this happen, she decided. Alicia walked straight into the living room and saw Luke talking to a woman who was just outside the front door.
“What’s going on here? I want the truth now, Luke. I heard everything. What DNA test? Is this your baby’s mom?” she asked, crossing her arms over her chest. Luke and the woman turned around abruptly, startled.
But surprisingly, the stranger smiled at him. “Ho hello?” she said laughing.
“There’s nothing funny about this. Luke, did you cheat on me with that woman?!” Alicia yelled.
“No! No! I swear! I would never do that. Please, listen to me,” Luke pleaded, stepping towards her with his hand outstretched.
“You have ten seconds!” Alicia said, her arms still crossed in anger.
“This is my sister, Linda.”
They met at the supermarket. | Source: Pexels
Alicia’s arms dropped. “What?”
“Linda and I met two weeks ago by chance. Look at her baby, she looks exactly like me. We met at the supermarket and were shocked by our resemblance. We started talking and realized we were both orphans. Now we are waiting for the results of a DNA test to confirm it. But we are pretty sure because our childhood experiences are similar. I think I remember playing with her at the orphanage, but it’s a blur,” Luke explained about the shocking story.
“This is crazy,” Alicia whispered, looking at the woman. But Luke was right. The woman looked an awful lot like him. If identical twins of different sexes existed, they would be the perfect example.
Luke continued. “We’ve gotten pretty close since then, and she had an emergency last night. She asked me to babysit her baby, Tony. I was too tired to tell you the truth earlier, but here it is.”
Alicia calmed down and invited Linda in to hear her side of the story. It was quite remarkable. Luke also apologized for not telling him everything sooner, but he didn’t want to ruin his important business trip with this complicated news.
They spent more time together because family is important. | Source: Pexels
“Anyway, the results are supposed to come out in a few days, and then we’ll see. You can see them with my husband and corroborate that we’re not lying. But I really hope the test is positive, because not having an extended family is hard,” Linda commented, after they had talked for a while.
Alicia was happy to hear that Linda had a husband. It made the story a lot more plausible, and she forgave Luke for his lie pretty quickly, because Tony was super cute.
A few days later, the results confirmed that they were siblings, and they decided to spend more time together. Alicia was happy that Luke had a nephew to pamper, and she always believed that family was more important than anything in the world.
What can we learn from this story?
- Don’t lie to your spouse . Things could have gone badly for Luc if Alicia hadn’t patiently waited for an explanation. So it’s best not to lie to your spouse.
- Family is the most important thing in life. Cherish your family members because tons of people would love to be in your shoes.
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