Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Chapter 529 The Truth Comes to Light

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I vividly remembered something Jeffrey had once said–Everly had a dimple on her cheek, in the same spot as Carter’s mother.

Yael had one too, but it was on the opposite side, just like Dominic’s.

Amber, however, had no dimples at all.

Amber had originally been a twin, and the only way to tell them apart was by the dimple on one of their cheeks.

Could it be that the person who had been cooking for Carter all these years wasn’t Amber at all, but Eleanor Dolton–Carter’s mother?

That would explain why she had such a strong reaction upon seeing the Stone of Duality on my neck.

The person standing before me at that moment hadn’t been Amber–it had been her!

She didn’t want her son to die, so she orchestrated the assassination attempt on me.

Eleanor wasn’t dead.

She had been alive all along.

Thinking back to what Sheila had whispered before she died about Lady Rose, I had initially suspected Amber.

But could it have been Eleanor all along?

I staggered back, nearly losing my balance.

Details I had overlooked began piecing themselves together in my mind. All along, Lady Rose had been pulling the strings behind Sheila, orchestrating my death in my first life.

The fire had been started by that old witch. She had orchestrated everything, manipulated Eleanor into believing Jeffrey was her enemy, and turned her into nothing more than a pawn in her quest for revenge..

She had been rescued from that fire and Carter had been taken to the Boltons. Soon, she disappeared from

the world.

Her only reason to stay alive was to take revenge against the Boltons.

Then Carter left the country. And she, under Amber’s guise, approached him to protect him.

But what if …

What if she had wanted me dead from the very beginning?

After all, she was the person closest to Wisteria. And Wisteria was the mastermind behind everything–there was no way she didn’t know.

had never seen Carter’s mother before. All I had to go on was what Jeffrey had told me about her dimple.

with her for over a decade. How come that a

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chill ran down my spine watching the mother and son exchange a knowing smile.

kitchen to cook, while Carter, holding the children, walked up to me.

wrong, Chloe? Why are you spacing

“I forgot to take my medicine. I’ll go back to my

my shaky steps nearly causing me

“Careful.”

both children, he reached out

from his grasp and quickened

my room, I paced in circles, unsure of how to face

knew far more than I

Carter was Carter. I shouldn’t confuse the two.

that he had been hiding this from me all along.

she had wanted me dead from the start. What

witch given

My children!

the room, only to crash straight into Carter’s chest.

“Chloe, what’s wrong?”

going to change the babies‘ diapers.”

were changed a

have misremembered.”

back into the room, placed the children on the bed, and settled me onto his lap.

do you have something to

my lip, unsure how to begin. After all,

… You’ve figured it out, haven’t

could never hide

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I hadn’t figured it out, how long were you planning to keep this from me, Carl?” I let out a bitter

arms wrapped around my waist and rested his head against

embrace.

just glad you didn’t give un

Truth

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I muttered. “After everything we’ve been through, how could I ever doubt your feelings for me? But the way you handled this made

the real Amber showed up that I started noticing things. At the time, I couldn’t be sure they were two different people. But when you disappeared… I

Rose for so long… I had a pretty good guess about her

acknowledge each other’s

And 1-1 felt guilty toward you because of what she did. I didn’t want to disrupt the peace now, so I pretended not to know.

his waist. “You’re really good at playing neutral, aren’t you?”

She’s still my mother.”

I sighed. “Fine, fine. I can’t do anything about you. But