Chloe hadn’t even had a chance to check her phone or catch up on the outside world, unaware that Joy Chaucer had been ousted from thepany. Hearing what Meredith was saying, Chloe feigned ignorance, twisting Meredith’s words, “Ste, help your daughter-inw out, she’s calling for you.”
Chloe aimed to confuse the situation, but Ste wasn’t fooled. It was clear that Meredith was speaking to Bianca on the hospital bed, not to her. At this moment, ovee with emotion, Meredith stumbled to Bianca’s side, grasping her cold hands, distraught, “Mom, mom, wake up, open your eyes and look at me. We’ve just recognized each other, you haven’t even held me yet, I haven’t had the chance to be by your side. You were awake just a moment ago, how can this be happening?”N?velDrama.Org content.
Meredith found it unbearable, having left only two hours ago and now facing a final goodbye. As Meredith repeatedly called Bianca “Mom,” Ste and Julian exchanged bewildered looks, while Chloe panicked, “Meredith, what are you shouting about? How could my sister be your mother…”
Linda stepped in to rify, “Mrs. Chaucer is indeed Mrs. Sterling’s biological mother. Here’s the paternity test. I was with Mrs. Sterling at the hospital this morning; Mrs. Chaucer had already woken up, and they had learned everything by then.”
Linda produced the paternity test, prompting Ste and Julian to eagerly verify its authenticity. Ste, astonished, after examining the document and then looking at the deceased Bianca and the crying Meredith, gasped, “Oh, so Meredith is Bianca’s real daughter. After all this confusion, it turns out Bianca’s real daughter has been right here all along.”
Julian, both excited and shocked, added, “Meredith is Bianca’s daughter, and the Chaucer and Sterling families were already linked by marriage, meant to bring these two children together. What a twist of fate that they ended up together. We’re truly family with Bianca.”
As the truth came to light, Chloe desperately retorted, “How is that possible? How could Meredith be my sister’s daughter, Joy is…”
“Joy Chaucer is your daughter,” Linda interjected, “Miss Chaucer, Joy Chaucer is not Mrs. Chaucer’s daughter, but your own. Are you still going to pretend?”
This bombshell stunned Ste and Julian again. Ste asked, “Linda, Joy Chaucer is Chloe’s daughter? How did you know?”
“Yes,” Julian eximed in surprise. “Chloe, when did you have a daughter? We had no idea.”
Though not very close, they had grown up together and known Chloe since childhood. The sudden revtion of Chloe having a daughter was truly unbelievable. Chloe stuttered, unable to exin, her face turning pale, realizing it was toote to keep secrets.
“Meredith, please,” Selene approached Chloe, ready to escort her out with a clear implication of force if needed.
“I have every right to stay, my sister has passed away, I…” Chloe tried to protest, but Selene didn’t hesitate to grab her arm and drag her out.
Ste and Julian also left, giving Meredith space to bid Bianca a final farewell. As everyone left, Meredith stayed behind with Bianca, tears falling as she gazed ather mother’s still form, now cold to the touch. The recognition between mother and daughter had been all too brief, and all Meredith managed was to call her “Mom,” with everything else left unsaid.
Filled with regret, Meredith wished she hadn’t left. She should have stayed, at least to be with her mother as she took herst breath, to be thest person her mother saw. That final farewell was all she could have offered now.
The more she thought about it, the deeper Meredith’s grief became, overwhelming her with sorrow.
Outside the hospital room, Ste and Julian quickly made a call to Terrence Sterling in Mondale, urging him toe back immediately. Meredith, grieving and pregnant, surely needed her husband by her side.
Meanwhile, Chloe moved aside, frantically calling Joy Chaucer to inquire if she had sessfully taken over thepany. Upon learning that Joy had been expelled from thepany, Chloe felt darkness descend before her eyes, nearly fainting from the shock.