* FLASHBACK*

7 years ago

|| STELLA's MOTHER POV ||

" What happened, baby? Tell me!"

Stella kept her head down in fear, trembling without uttering a word. I narrowed my eyes at suspicion. Stella was always very open minded with me. The fact that she was hesitating to speak out loud, it could only mean that she had done something unforgivable. I urged her sweetly, trying to know the trouble that she was going through,

" Speak, Stella! Mama is always here for you, baby."

Her bottom lips quivered as she blurted out in a breath,

" I am pregnant!"

I looked down at my daughter astounding. I thought...