Chapter 211


    Jade wiped her tears, sobbing, "The weather has been crazy recently. I caught a cold, my sinusitis is


    acting up, and the wind blew my eyes to tears. I''m really sorry."


    She looked at Naomi, wiping away her tears but still on the verge of crying.


    "Mia, I came to hang out with you." Jade said. She got up, walked over to her friend, grabbing her


    hand, "Show me around, will you?"


    Mia was taken aback by the drastic change in Jade. It was disorienting, even making her question if


    this was really Jade. She turned her head, looking at her husband, who gave her a slight nod.


    Mia left the living room with Jade.


    The Cedillo family had been living here for generations. They walked into the backyard, seeing a wide


    stretch of green. Jade''s memory took her back to a blurry childhood. There was a patterned nket


    "Jade, you''re spacing out again." Mia said.


    Jade was startled, then continued to wander around the familiar yet strange ce, as if nothing had


    happened.


    A man stood by the window, Andre looked at the two women moving around in the backyard, a certain


    feeling rising in his heart. Leo walked over, "Andre, do you have a special feeling for this window?"


    When he and Mia was outside, Andre would always stand here, watching him. This time, Mia and a


    woman were moving around on thewn, and Andre was still here, watching these two.


    "Did you bring Jade to our house today?" Andre asked.


    Leo shook his head, "She wanted toe herself."


    Andre''s frown deepened.


    In the evening, the Cedillo family invited Jade to stay for dinner, but she declined. After a while, Chad


    came to pick her up.


    Hansen pointed at Chad, "Isn’t this the youngd who wanted to arrest Mia when she had a fightst


    time? The chief of police?"


    Chad awkwardly nodded and introduced himself to Hansen, "Hi Hansen, I’m Jade’s brother, Chad."


    "Oh, I remember now, it was you." Hansen looked at the young man. He was someone who dared to


    challenge power, and Hansen admired him. He liked the sense of justice Chad emanated.


    After picking up Jade, the two of them left. Hansen was stillmenting, "I quite like Jade. If she could


    marry Leo, I think it would be great."


    Mia was taken aback, "What?! No!"


    That was his own daughter!


    Hansen turned his head in confusion, looking at his agitated daughter-inw, "What''s wrong? Does


    Jade have a boyfriend at school?"


    Ever since seeing Jade, Andre had been frowning. Especially after Jade left, hemanded his father,


    "Come to the study with me."


    Hansen had a resolute expression of not yielding even in the face of death.


    Mia pushed Hansen, "Come on, you have to listen to him."


    "I won''t go. I don''t want to indulge Andre''s bad temper. Ouch, Mia, don''t push me." Hansen


    Andre said to Bruce, "Bruce,e over too."


    Bruceplied and walked over.


    In Andre''s study.


    The three men sat on the couch. Hansen was getting more and more annoyed with Andre, who was


    constantly bossing him around. If he didn''t know the situation, he would think Andre was the father.


    "Just spit it out, don''t beat around the bush, you''re really annoying." Hansen said.


    Andre said, "Molly has been found."


    Bruce was taken aback, then he remembered every time the three of them were together, Andre would


    say Molly was found. He then would disappear for a few days, only toe back and tell them that


    actually she wasn''t found.


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    "Where was she found this time?" Bruce asked.


    "Right here." Andre bent forward, interlocked his fingers. He looked at his father and brother, and said,


    "It was today."


    Bruce asked, "Andre, are you saying in our house?"


    Hansen said, "How could it be in our house? The only one the same age as Molly is his wife, Mia." He


    gave his son a disdainful look, always spouting nonsense.


    Andre said, "It was today, the person you guys met."


    "Andre, were you scammed?" Bruce asked. "Our sister had clearly passed away.”


    Hansen didn''t hold much hope for his daughter either.


    Andre excitedly said, "It''s Jade. She is our Molly, she''s the child the Cedillo family found. The real Jade


    has passed away, and our sister is living under Jade''s identity."


    Hansen thought of Jade who came to visit today and looked at his excited son. "Did you do the DNA


    test? Does she have the bite mark you mentioned on her arm?"


    Mia pushed the door open, "Dad, I did the DNA test, and the bite mark does indeed exist."


    "Mia?" Bruce and Hansen both looked at Mia who suddenly appeared.


    She had been eavesdropping by the door. About the bite mark, only she could vouch for her husband.


    Mia''s appearance instantly tensed the atmosphere in the study. Hansen was no longer angry. He


    straightened his body, looking at the couple, "What on earth is going on!"


    Bruce remembered the girl he saw that day; he felt familiar with her at first sight.


    The study was dead silent. Hansen and Bruce held their breath, looking at the couple, waiting for their


    exnation.


    On the other hand, in the car.


    Chad didn''t take Jade home after picking her up. Instead, he drove to a quiet ce. Winter was here,


    there were no pedestrians on the road. asionally a car would pass by, leaving no trace and


    maintaining the tranquility of the night.


    Chad parked the car somewhere, he asked, "Jade, when did you find out?"


    Jade said, "I don’t know what you’re talking about."


    "I’m not your brother, Andre is. You’re not a Byrne, you’re…" Chad hestitated.


    "Shut up!" Jade yelled at Chad in the car. She didn’t want her family to tell her. She could pretend she


    knew nothing.


    "You''re the child we found by the sea. You''re the Cedillo''s child." Chad said.


    "Zip it, Chad. Just don''t." Jade sobbed in the car, covered Chad''s mouth to stop him from saying what


    she didn''t want to hear.


    "Chad, you gotta stop. I''m your sister, not some Cedillo family''s kid." Jade said.


    Jade was bawling in the car like a faucet that couldn''t stop leaking. Her voice was choked with tears,


    struggling to ept the truth about her identity.


    Chad''s eyes were getting misty, too. He turned off the car light, letting his own tears dissolve in the


    darkness, "Did you know after you fell into the water that time?"


    "Chad, please, I''m begging you, stop." Jade pleaded, "I don''t want to be someone else''s child. I''m your


    sister."


    Chad held his crying sister in his arms, rubbing her shoulders, "I can''t bear to lose you either, but I can''t


    keep it from you. I wanted to keep you in the dark, let you be my sister forever." But he couldn''t keep it


    hidden anymore.


    "Chad, I''m so scared." Jade cried into Chad''s chest.


    She was terrified of this massive change. Her parents had always made sure her life was smooth


    sailing, never having to face any hardships. Suddenly, at the age of twenty, she found out about her


    true identity, and she couldn''t take it. No matter how good the Cedillo family was, she would always


    prefer the Byrne family.


    Chad''s tears dropped onto his sister''s back. Heforted her, "Jade, don''t be scared. Whether you''re


    Jade or Molly, you''ll always be my sister. I will protect you and be with you forever. Mom and Dad will


    love you, too. We will surely be a family."