Chapter 169

Gwen saw surprise and then shock on the woman’s face as Steve picked her off her feet in a huge hug. He carefully, but enthusiastically swung her around a couple of times before he realized she was trying to call for help. He gently set her down and looked lovingly into her eyes.

“I don’t know who you think you are, but I should have you arrested! You almost broke my ribs! You can’t go around hugging women like that!” stated Janice emphatically.

Steve was stunned. Seeing his mother alive had been a huge shock, but hearing her deny knowing him crushed him completely. Slowly, he struggled to return to reality. He had seen his mother in the casket. She couldn’t be alive. But how could this lady look so much like her? His brain felt like it was shutting down as it tried to digest contradictory information.

“You must be the friend that these ladies were telling me about. You do have eyes like Jen’s, and you two look a lot alike. But that doesn’t make us relatives,” decl