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.

before. All I had to go on

lived with her for over a decade. How come that a smart man like him could

The Truth

chill ran down my spine watching the mother and

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

Why are you

medicine. I’ll go back to my room to get it.”

turned and hurried away, my shaky steps nearly causing me to

“Careful.”

holding both children, he reached out

pulled away from his grasp and quickened my pace.

my room, I paced in circles, unsure

far more than I

was Carter. I

been hiding this from me all

me dead from the

that old witch given her another

My children!

rushed out of the room, only to crash straight into Carter’s

“Chloe, what’s wrong?”

just going to change the babies‘

were

must have misremembered.”

placed the children on the bed,

something

bit my lip, unsure how to begin. After all, the person in

You’ve figured it out, haven’t

course. I could never hide anything

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you planning to keep this from me, Carl?” I let out a

against my shoulder as he pulled me tightly into

embrace.

you didn’t give un

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me? But the way you handled this made me uncomfortable. You knew who she was all along, didn’t you?”

started noticing things. At the time, I couldn’t be sure they were two different people. But when you disappeared… I had to find you, and I wanted revenge. I relentlessly attacked Emerald Dragon’s

long… I had a pretty good

you two ever acknowledge each other’s

his head. “No. 1 kept it from you… and her. She refused to acknowledge me as her son because she felt guilty. 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. I didn’t expect you to

pinched his waist. “You’re

She’s still my

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