"May I help you?" A priest said.
Sage looked around nervously, she didn't know if this is the right thing to do. Then she went for it, "Is there a Sister McServy here?"
The old priest seemed to think for a minute. Testing Sage's patience. She felt a serge of nerves hitting her spine and she squeezed Diego's hand.
"Yes, I believe there is." The priest said, "Would you like to see her?"
Sage sighed, there was no going back, "Yes."
The priest walked into the restricted area of the church while.
"Are you cold?" Diego asked when he saw Sage shiver.
"No. I'm just scared." she squeezed his hand again. "I don't know what she even looks like. Who she is?"
"I understand. When I found out that Lorenzo is my father and Maria is my mother. Woooo, you know. I was shocked." Diego softly put his arms around her shoulders, it was better that way, she couldn't squeeze.
An old nun came out. She was somewhat fat and wrinkly. Sage guessed she was about 75. Too old to be her mother.
"I hear you wanted to see me, child." The nun said when she reached Sage.
"Yes." Sage said nervously. "I wanted to ask you about something that happened 20 years ago."
"I'm afraid my memory will not be able to serve he, dear." the nun said.
"I think it's something that you will remember. It's something that noone forgets." Sage said. "I hear that you are my mother."
The nun's eyes popped open and she started swirling. "Wooo, I better sit down." the nun said and sat down. Sage and Diego sat down too.
"Are you my mother?"
"No," the nun said, "Ahh, that was a long time ago. A long time ago, indeed. You're mother gave you to the church. A poor woman she was, wounded by life. She knew she couldn't care for you. Danger was in her life. She gave you to us, the messengers of God, and asked me to give you to a good family."
"Then my mother wasn't a nun?" Sage was now really confused, "But my adoptive father told me that I was a product of a sinning nun?"
"Oh yes. I remember. There was a man. An evil man. He came one night."
"Who's the man?" Sage asked before she could forget.
"You're father. An evil man he was. He tried to kill you. I had to give you to an adoption agency and lie. I did sin, I lied. I lied to everyone and told them that you were my daughter."
"Didn't people notice you weren't pregnant?" Diego finally opened his mouth.
"Awww, but I traveled to a different town to give you up. I didn't leave you in the hands of danger." The nun said, "Now I'm feeling tired. Young I am no more."
"I'm so sorry for taking your time. And thank you so much for the information you provided." Sage said. "But can you answer one last question for me?"
"Of course, my dear."
"Who is my real mother?"
The nun seemed to be thinking again, "I do not remember. I can't remember that but whoever she is, a great woman of great strength she is. It's not every woman who would sacrifice something so important to herself to live her child a better life. It's not every woman indeed."
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Sage and Diego were now out of the church and they had driven to an unknown part of town.
"Where are we going?" Diego asked impatiently.
"I don't want to go home right now." She started saying when she parked the car by a house Diego has never seen before, "Uncle Lorenzo got this safe house after the Mr. Corrinthos was arrested and Faith Roscoe was out of the way. He gave me the keys and let me use it this weekend."
"Have you ever been here before?" Diego asked when he stepped out of the car and shut the door.
"Nope." Sage answered and started walking towards the house. She got on top of the entrance steps and was about to put the key in the lock when Diego interrupted her.
"Wait, what this." He said and pointed to a large basement window. "Isn't it strange?"
Sage looked at it. There were shattered glass all over that area but the window was untouched. It looked like somebody has knocked out the window and installed a new one.
"I wonder who did this?" Sage asked and unlocked the door, "Come on, if anyone went through the hassle of installing a new window, then they might have really had some business here."
The both stepped in and suddenly Sage could hear a child crying in the distance.
"Shhh!" Someone said in a childish tone and a manly voice.
Sage and Diego both walked towards the direction of the noise. Around the corner, a man was trying to rock a little child to sleep.
"Who're you?" The man asked childishly.
Sage couldn't think of what to say. The sight was surprising.
"We're here to take you home to Sam." Diego finally said.
"Sam's my little sister. This is her daughter." The man said while he stood up with the child in his hands.
"You ain't going nowhere!" A voice sounded from behind them.
Sage and Diego quickly turned around and faced the long haired blonde woman. A woman they had never seen before.
"I thought I shot one of you already." The woman said, "Oh well, I guess I got another chance to finish the job." she said as she pulled the trigger.
BOOM!
Sage fell into Diego's arms, with a bullet piercing through her body.
