Fate's Game

Sarah and Mary were meeting after three years. Both were prodigious students at Stanford and were trained by education and motivated by character to make it big in career. Armed with MBA Finance and with specialization in helping dot com firms grow, Sarah was creating waves in the circles that matter. Mary, always the shy, introvert girl that she had been, chose a career in social service. She was returning from a school-building task in Brazil. With so much to share about the last three years and the spontaneous recollection of the golden days at campus, it never occurred to them when the night gave way to dawn.
Sarah had an important early-morning appointment that day and, therefore, she decided to abandon sleep. Mary was already snoring when Sarah prepared her favorite soft drink, cappuccino coffee. True to her style, Sarah switched on the TV and started surfing. The most she had ever stuck to any channel was fifteen minutes when Tyson ate Holyfield's ear. A small documentary on an orphanage attracted her, as she knew Mary would very soon run one.
"Mary", Sarah whispered, "something about an orphanage on TV that might interest you. It's named", Sarah momentarily stopped as she cajoled Mary's hair, "N B O". The name triggered the reaction, Mary was awake and excited.
The documentary went on to narrate the case of a three-week infant who was left crying at its door. A child-less Swede billionaire had adopted the infant and donated a million dollars to the orphanage. Sarah wowed in excitement, 'I guess, she must be the luckiest child. Imagine you are not required for your biological parents and left all alone to die and you turn a billionaire the next day!"
Mary bust into tears. Sarah looked at her questioningly, "what's wrong?" she inquired. There was a big silence, bigger than the three years of separation between best friends. Finally, Mary gathered the courage to reply, "She was my baby!"