Chapter 2 The discovery

Elena POV She went back to the orphanage to change her dress. The head of the orphanage asked why she didn't return the previous night. She explained what had happened and rushed out to the restaurant to see the manager before her shift time. Getting there, the manager started shouting at her, telling her how she had made him short of one staff member the previous day and how difficult it had been to handle the customers. He fired her instantly. She begged continuously, but the manager wouldn't even listen to her pleas. She left to attend her morning school lesson in preparation for the upcoming scholarship exam at Westbridge Academy, New York, her dream school. Her best friend, Clara, whom she had grown up with in the orphanage, noticed her unusual mood and asked her what had happened. She told Clara that she had been fired from her job as a waitress, which was the highest-paying job she had. She wondered how she would pay for her tuition and feeding. Clara assured her that God would provide a way. They continued with the class. Alexander POV

Isabelle signed the discharge form while Alexander went to the doctor's office to have a talk. Can I take a look at the donor information? he asked. The donor didn't have a record with us. She was rushed in during an emergency, the doctor replied. Can I still have a few drops of the blood sample from her? We don't share such things without personal approval. But being a Whitmore, he collected the sample and flew back to New York with his family and an unsettled mind. He hid the information from his family and asked his personal detective to look into the situation and find everything about the girl. Elena POV

After class was dismissed, she bid her best friend goodbye, took out her small Android phone, checked the time, and saw that it was time for her shift at the library. When she got there, the librarian called her in and told her that there was an issue. They couldn't afford to pay her anymore because fewer children were showing up at the library. They were all preparing for the scholarship exam, and almost every child in the community wanted to attend Westbridge Academy. She was disappointed, knowing that she had just one job left with very low pay.

The Whitmore POV

They were all welcomed by the guards and maids in the house. Vivienne Whitmore rushed downstairs to welcome her dad. Dad, welcome. How are you feeling now? I missed you, Dad. My pretty angel, I'm good. How's school today? Alexander asked. "Very fine." Mrs. Whitmore told Vivienne to allow her dad to rest and not bore him with questions. Dad, I need to get ready for my concert tonight. Take care. I want to go for rehearsal, Adrian said. Take care, brother. I also want to look into one project proposal we want to submit to the Kingsley Company, Julian said. Vivienne blushed when she heard "Kingsley Company." It turned out that she had a huge crush on the heir, Sebastian Kingsley, heir to the top and richest company in the world. Rumor had it that he had never been seen with a woman before, and Vivienne believed that, with her family's influence, there could be an arranged marriage between them. While all of them said different things, Alexander's mind was on how the mystery girl came about, knowing that he had neither slept with another woman outside his marriage nor cheated on his wife. He then planned to take a paternity test on all his children.

Elena POV

She called Clara, crying that she had lost another job. "Why is everything going backwards for me? Now that I need the money the most in my life..." She felt overwhelmed, wondering why she had no parents, no family, and nobody who wanted to adopt her. Clara calmed her down, telling her not to lose hope yet. With a sad mood, she arrived at her only surviving workplace, the coffee shop. Due to everything going on in her mind, she became clumsy and accidentally poured hot coffee on a customer's body. The manager warned her. Just as she wanted to serve another customer, she repeated the same thing. The shop owner asked her to go home and come back when she was ready to work because this was not her usual self. She left with a heavy mind. Instead of going back to the orphanage, she went to Clara's house to cry her eyes out. She kept saying that God had forsaken her the same way her parents had forsaken her. She wondered if she was such bad luck despite how brilliant and smart she was. No one wanted her. Even children who were not as smart as her had families, parents, and loved ones, but she was all alone by herself.

Alexander POV

He kept pondering the situation at hand how he would tell his family and, most especially, how the birth of the girl had come about. Curiosity took the best of him. He couldn't wait for his detective's response. Knowing fully well that his wife had only had three pregnancies and that he had never slept around, he decided to take a paternity test on all his children and the sample he had gotten from the hospital earlier. He took his children's and wife's spare toothbrushes and headed to their family hospital.

Saint Victoria Medical Center

He arrived at their family hospital, Saint Victoria Medical Center, the top-tier hospital in New York. The staff, knowing who he was, took him to the family doctor's office. Doctor Florence, the family doctor to the Whitmore family, welcomed him. "OMG, Mr. Whitmore, what a surprise to see you today. I hope all is well? "Yes, Doctor. I came here for some confidential information and clarification. I want to take a paternity test." "Why so suddenly? Is everything alright?" "Yes. I want you to conduct a paternity test with this blood sample and these toothbrushes, along with my own and my wife's." "This is going to take a while. I will get back to you once the results are out." Alexander thanked the doctor and walked out of the premises. He sent a message to his detective to ask how far he had gone with his investigation.

Alexander POV

Three hours later, he got a text from the doctor that said: "The blood sample with your own and your wife's is a 99.9% match. Adrian: 99.9% match. Julian: 99.9% match. While Vivienne has a 0% match with both the wife and the husband." This came as a shock to him. The daughter he had called his angel for twenty years was neither his own nor his wife's. But the girl who donated blood for him was their biological daughter. This meant his wife didn't cheat or hide anything from him. Just as he pondered on that, he got a text from his detective containing: Name: Elena Grace Background: Grew up at the orphanage home, with no family background or traces. Date of birth: 3rd of March. He was shocked because that was the same date as Vivienne's birthday and the same day his wife had given birth at Besh Health Care twenty years ago. For the first time in twenty years, Alexander began to wonder if the daughter he had raised was never his daughter at all.