Bianca walked into the visitor’s private room in the hospital where Serena was lying, still in a coma. The moment she entered, she noticed the group huddled in the corner, speaking in low tones.

The words “Mumma” and “Rudenko” alerted her.

Something big had happened. Jamie turned to look at her, her face pink from weeping and she threw herself into Bianca’s startled arms.

“Mumma…” she sobbed hysterically,” That Rudenko woman…called Mumma yesterday…”

Bianca felt her heart go out to he smiling, pleasant and beautiful matriarch of the Delano family. She had always been kind and caring and she could imagine how the call must have disturbed poor Proserpina.

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