“Please leave,” she whispered nervously. “If you came to take my children I swear I will fight you.”
“Gabrielle please listen to me,” Theodore said gently. “I know the truth now.”
Inside the shack the twins slept on a thin mattress while Gabrielle stood protectively beside them.
“Do you know what it is like to search through garbage so your children will not starve,” she asked bitterly. “Do you know what it feels like to give birth alone and hide from people who might harm them?”
Theodore fell to his knees.
“I know that I was a fool who failed the woman he loved,” he said while tears streamed down his face. “Brianna framed you and I have proof of everything. I also know those boys are my sons.”
Gabrielle silently walked to a corner and retrieved an old envelope before throwing it toward him. Inside was a threatening note warning her that if she tried to contact Theodore using the babies she carried in her womb then all three of them would disappear.
“I left because of this threat,” she explained softly. “I knew you would never believe me while Brianna controlled everything around you.”
Theodore gently touched one baby’s cheek and the tiny hand wrapped around his finger.