Chapter 579


    Vivienne had no patience for Finnian''s games. She''d scoured his mansion, inside and out, finding


    nothing more than a bunch of unused robots, a dog, and two cats – but no trace of what she was really


    after.


    "Damn it," she muttered under her breath, feeling like a fool for being yed yet again.


    Finnian, leaning against the wall with a smug look, said, "Sweetheart, you''re gonna have to clean up


    this mess you''ve made. Look at this chaos!"


    "Why don''t you let Fido do it?" Vivienne snorted, snatching the apple Finnian was about to bite into


    right out of his hand as she stormed out.


    Once she was gone, Finnian checked his surroundings for any "threats" before pulling out his phone to


    text Vesper, [Where are you?]


    [I''m at Wi''s.] Vesper replied, pocketing the phone. In the span of moments, he had changed into a


    woman.


    The mirror reflected a cascade of soft locks over her shoulders, the sharp lines of her face now


    softened.


    She had not undergone any dramatic disguise, just manipted her facial bones slightly, which was


    painful enough for her not to change back to this real face frequently.


    But for this meeting, a male guise would not do.


    She brushed her hair and changed intofortable jeans and a tee, then knocked on the neighboring


    door.


    Puzzled, Wi opened the door to find a stunning woman smiling back at her. "You are?"


    "Wi, it''s been ages," the woman said with a smile.


    Wi peered into the woman''s eyes, sensing an answer she dared not voice. She stepped back,


    overwhelmed.


    The woman tapped Wi''s forehead and yfully flicked her nose. "Don''t recognize me, huh? I barely


    recognized you, too."


    Tears instantly welled up in Wi''s eyes at the familiar gesture.


    "Sasha!" she cried, rushing into the woman''s arms.


    That was Sasha''s signature move – whenever Wi made a mistake as a child, Sasha would "punish"


    her like that before taking the me in front of Jasper.


    "Sasha feels like a stranger''s name now. Call me Karen now," Karen said soothingly,forting Wi


    with gentle pats on the back.


    Fortunately, Wi still remembered her. Otherwise, she would be at a loss.


    Wi sobbed, a sight that would have shocked Maddox. He would never have believed the stoic Wi


    capable of tears.


    Karen stayed by her side until Wi''s crying subsided, and they could finally talk.


    "Sasha, what did you mean earlier? Why does your own name sound unfamiliar to you? Where have


    you been all these years, and why haven''t youe back to the Perez family? Dad''s in Rivenwood, so


    is Yuri – why don''t youe home? Dad misses you terribly."


    Wi''s grip on Karen''s hand tightened as if afraid that letting go would cause her to disappear once


    again.


    Karen did not resist. "I''ve seen Dad already," she said with a smile. "Yuri, his wife, Natalia and Yasmine


    – I''ve met them all, don''t worry."


    But Wi knew that meeting them was not the same as revealing her identity.


    "Is there a reason you''re not telling them the truth? Does it have to do with F-Poison?"


    Karen neither confirmed nor denied. "My memory isn''t fully back. That''s why ''Sasha'' feels distant. I


    know I''m Sasha, but why I was kidnapped and ended up as another family''s daughter remains a nk.


    I don''t remember who was behind it."


    Wi''s eyes narrowed. "Are you saying you have amnesia?"


    "Yes," Karen admitted. "I remember bits – like ruining Grandpa''s garden or chopping up Mom''s lipstick


    for ''experiments'' – but many details escape me. I''m slowly recovering. It''s just a matter of time."


    Karen knew the injury to her head had been severe, and it had gone undetected for years until she


    secretly matched her DNA with Yuri''s during Vivienne''s paternity test. That was when she discovered


    she was Sasha and began to recall fragments of her life with the Perez family.


    Before that, the memories of her childhood had been forcibly imnted through hypnosis. No wonder


    she felt detached from her life before age ten – it was like hearing someone else''s story.


    Time had stretched long, and recovery wasplicated. Too rapid a confrontation with the hypnosis


    could cause irreversible brain damage.


    Thus, Karen chose a conservative treatment, piecing together her past while investigating the Perez


    family''s secrets. After all, they were too guarded for an outsider to have kidnapped her without inside


    help.


    Wi, sharp as ever, sensed from Karen''s words that her abduction was more than a simple crime.


    "Do you suspect anyone?" Wi asked.


    Karen met her gaze. "What about you? Do you have any suspects?"


    "Diana." Wi nodded.


    "Me too," Karen agreed with a wry smile. "I remember being taken in summer. You were ill; Dad took


    you to the hospital, and Brothers were at school. Only Diana and I were at home. I don’t remember


    anything after that. So, she''s the prime suspect." Content of Draм??ovels


    "Absolutely, and let''s not forget, my leaving home has a lot to do with Diana as well." Wi stood up,


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    walked over to a drawer, and pulled out a sheaf of papers, handing them over to Karen.


    Karen thumbed through the pages, her eyes narrowing as the implications sank in.


    The document detailed Wi''s origins.