Chapter 538


    To be honest, when those pictures first came to light, Emma was taken aback. The angle and the face


    all looked eerily like Allison’s.


    Nobody suspected Penelope, because Penelope was the darling of the nagan family. She was


    wealthy, not the kind to be caught in such apromising situation.


    Allison was different, though. She was the one without money, the one who might be driven to such


    choices.


    Therefore, even if Penelope and Allison had a remarkable resemnce to each other, nobody


    assumed the girl in the photo was


    Penelope.


    Allison exhaled slowly. Her eyes were closed. She leaned back on the couch, and paused for several


    seconds before she spoke, “I grew up at my grandma’s home. We lived in Cloudville until the town was


    hit by an earthquake and my grandma passed away. I was ten when I was brought to the grand


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    nagan estate in Northfield. My mother was the housekeeper and my father was the family


    chauffeur.


    “Life was decent at first, but Penelope and I didn’t get along. She was the nagan’s little princess,


    living the high life while I was just the housekeeper’s daughter who ate leftovers and was called the


    maid’s brat behind my back.


    “I used to wonder why we looked so simr but our lives were so different. I envied Penelope, but I also


    cherished my own simple


    life.”


    Young Allison was content with her life.


    “Later, my father and brother died in a car ident. It was just me and my mom then. She was


    diagnosed with kidney failure and needed a transnt. I worked hard, trying to save up some money.


    Then I met Lucian. Our first meeting wasn’t exactly pleasant. He didn’t even know it was me.” She


    anything else. She was the only family I had. I didn’t want to lose her. But life yed cruel jokes on


    me.”


    She looked at Emma. “Grace isn’t my real mother. My biological mother is someone I detested.”


    Emma squeezed Allison’s hand, not knowing how tofort her. Seeing the cold, numb look on


    Allison’s face, Emma sensed she had grown used to the pain.


    “Allison…”


    “Do you know, Emma? I’ve lost so much. My dignity, my child. All for the hope that my mother could be


    healthy. But there were


    also lies.”


    Emma’s eyes widened in shock. Despite her youthful appearance, Allison had already had a child. She


    must have endured hardships that most people couldn’t imagine. Allison was always gentle and calm.


    She was someone Emma admired. She never thought that Allison had such a past.


    “It’s all in the past, Allison. Things are different now.” Emma tried to pull Allison out of her painful


    memories, but all Allison did was smiling indifferently. “I never thought about fighting anyone, or


    seeking justice. But they never left me alone.”


    Emma gripped Allison’s hand tightly, trying to lend her some strength.


    “Emma, there’s light ahead. It might not be for me, though.”


    “Allison…”


    “My light, he’s going to leave me. I try not to rely on him, but I find myself falling deeper. Sometimes, I


    think I’m useless.”