"What the hell is going on here?" Jackie blurted.
"I'm not sure." Nick admitted.
"Nick, if this is a joke you've taken it too far." Jackie said as tears started to well in her eyes.
"I had nothing to do with this, I was as shocked as you are."
"I don't think that's possible." Jackie replied.
"Who are you?" Carissa asked Jackie, her face looked like she was looking at a ghost as well.
"My head is spinning." was Jackie's reply.
"Mine is too, what is going on here, I simply came here today to pick up my engagement ring, do you two know each other?" Carissa asked as she nodded her head towards both Nick and Jackie.
"Yes, we're married. I'm the one that found a ring, your ring. We simply placed an ad in the paper, trying to locate the correct owner but we didn't want strangers to know we had an expensive piece of jewelry at our house and we didn't want strangers coming to our house because we didn't want them around our children. That's why in the ad we put my husband's cell phone number instead of our house number and that's why we had you meet Nick here instead of at our house." Jackie told her.
The adults involved in the situation weren't the only ones confused, Jasmine, Houston, and Johnna looked from Jackie to Carissa as if they were seeing double.
"Mama." Jasmine pointed at Jackie, then she pointed at Carissa "Mama." She said again. Then a big grin crossed her sweet little face "Two dem." She said happily.
Jackie nor Carissa was nearly as excited as the little girl, they were both just very, very confused.
"I'm an only child." Jackie blurted.
"So am I, I was adopted but I'm an only child." Carissa said.
"Hold on a minute, you were adopted?" Jackie asked.
"Yes, were you?"
"No." Jackie replied.
"Well why would your parents have twins and then give only one of us up?" Carissa asked, clearly hurt but the realization.
"I have no idea, but there is only one way to find out." Jackie said.
She quickly got out her cell phone.
"Mom, get down to the crime lab now." Jackie snapped into the phone and then hurriedly hung up.
Jackie was angry, clearly her parents had kept a huge secret from her….