Chapter 524

Third Person’s POV

Caldwell’s eyes were red, and his pupils dilated with emotion.

He asked, “Paisley, you must take responsibility for your words. Are you really sure?”

“Absolutely sure. She shared some memories with me, things she remembers. Some of which you never told me,” Paisley said.

“Like how your mother beat you with a switch? Or how you once fell into a ditch and couldn’t climb out? Or how you sold your grandmother’s chickens for candy?”

Paisley’s voice was resolute, her gaze locked onto Caldwell as if to uncover buried memories.

Caldwell whimpered, trembling with emotion. “How could she have mixed up her memories? Those things never happened to her. She must have confused them with another child’s experiences.”

Adelaide and Paisley, observing his reaction, knew that child was him, and they were certain Asa was indeed Poly.

These embarrassing childhood incidents could only be spoken of if witnessed firsthand.

Caldwell was in a state of extreme agitation.

He never dreamed Poly had been in the capital all along, living at Madison’s mansion.

He had searched tirelessly, but deep down, he had resigned himself to the possibility that she was gone for good. Continuing the search had been more for his own solace and his family’s hope.

he asked, “How did she escape from the rogues? And how did she end up in the circus? Did she

“She did,” Paisley replied.

discuss the matter thoroughly and asked Beata to

ready and the study door was

never remembered her true identity. Her last memory was of running a high fever and being left in a downpour by rogues

leader found her. Seeing

her Asa. Due to this fragmented memory, she always thought she had been abandoned by her parents. Over the years, she harbored resentment

his eyes filled with profound fear and

actually quite timid. She must have been terrified when she was kidnapped. When scared, she tends to scream. I bet she got beaten a lot, perhaps even scarred from the beatings or traumatized by

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and said, “What tormented us all these years was the uncertainty of what she might have endured. My dreams were often filled with her crying out, begging

dreamed of her being treated the same only she might not have made

way,

Adelaide and Paisley

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found her in Fairfax County, after she recovered, he took her to Baker County and raised her there. The troupe made a living in Baker County

along with some men, tried to take her back.

for the troupe to survive. Sometimes,

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