Her Innocence novel Chapter 48

"Can I ask you something, Mrs. Robert?" I spoke as she turned to face me when I sat in the single sofa.

"Yes, you can." She smiled as I took a deep sigh.

"Where are you currently living? I don't mean to be nosy but by the looks of you. You don't look too good." She bowed down as I saw a glimpse of Janet in her. Janet looks like her mother a lot.

"I don't have a home. I- I just roam around the streets and work here and there so I could find Janet." I got up and nodded as I went towards the bedroom. I grabbed my mobile and called one of my friends.

"Hey, can you get me information on Riley Robert. She is Janet's mother. I want to know everything she has been through in the last 10 years." I spoke to him and hung up once he spoke a 'sure'.

I can't believe this! How could a lady survive like that and in a busy city as California?

Janet and her mother kept talking and I went out to bring some lunch for us. We all ate as time flew by, it was dinner time by now and by any time Sean would be here. To be honest I want him to see this scene. So that he could know the truth about what really going on.

My friend finally called me and said things that made my eyes welled up with tears as I couldn't imagine a mother going through this.

"She was raped and pushed into sex trafficking until she ran away. Now she has nowhere to go. Poor lady has been gone through a lot."

I gulped as I couldn't hear more and she still had that smile on her face, I saw as a child. I think it would be better if Janet doesn't know about this. She wouldn't be able to take it.

I heard a knock on the door as I wiped my eyes and took a deep breath. I walked out to get the door. I heard laughs coming from the kitchen and couldn't help but smile, but then frowned as I knew the moment was about to get ruined. I pulled open the door and met a man who was too oblivious to the truth.

"Nathan, how are you boy?" Sean asked me with his face filled with excitement.

"I am good. Janet's in the kitchen." I told him as he took a deep breath and went along his way. I walked behind him and when he entered the kitchen, the laughter stopped. It was all tension as I stood in the corner again.

"Dad?" I am surprised she recognizes him.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" Sean cussed as Janet flinched while Mrs. Robert stood her ground and spoke with her chin up.

"I am here to meet my daughter."

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Nathan Rivera's POV

"I am here to meet my daughter." Mrs. Robert spoke as she stepped forward while I went to stand next to Janet.

"The fuck you are. How can you even stand in front of me after doing the shit you did?" Sean growled as Mrs. Robert rolled her eyes.

"What? The shit your sister did. You are piece of scumbag for believing her!" She yelled as Sean took a strode towards her.

"I never broke your trust; you just trusted your sister a little too much." Mrs. Robert spoke as her eyes filled with tears but she quickly wiped them away.

"Oh please, my sist-"

"That's it. No more arguing. Mrs. Robert can you come with me." I took her with me towards the bedroom that was meant for Sean. We entered the room as she sat down on the bed and held her face in her hands.

"You can call me Riley." She told me once she faced towards me. I smiled and nodded at her as she laughed, making me confused.

"You were always the quite little boy, just like your mother, yes you may look like your father but you habit and everything reminds me of her. I would love to meet her." I frowned. She doesn't know since she lost Janet when she was 9 and I was 12. So, my mom was still alive at that time.

"My parents passed away in a car accident." I told her as I turned to face the window of the apartment not wanting to look at her sympathy eyes.

"She will be remembered by you, me and all the people who smiled because of her. She was a great woman." I turned to face expecting a 'sorry' but she never said as she took a photo out of her pocket and traced it with her finger.

"I won't say sorry because she is in a better place. Better than this cruel world. Neither am I happy about it. I lost a friend and you lost a mother." She sighed as she got up and walked towards me.

"Take care of her. I don't want to be a trouble to you guys. I will take my leave now." She said as I couldn't speak anything at that moment.

"No wait! You can't leave." She stepped back as she shook her head.