Faux Vows, True Desires

"Elisa's gone, and yeah, she did take your daughter away. But now your daughter's back. I'm your real daughter, your precious one, your Lucy." Lucinda dropped to her knees, clutching Janice's legs, crying her eyes out.

"Lucy." "Lucy."

Janice, Fiona, and Jeannie were all calling Lucinda's name. Fiona and Jeannie bent down to try to help Lucinda up.

"Lucy, give Janice some time. Don't push her. She's been out of her mind for over twenty years; it's not something she can snap out of in a few days."

Fiona tried to comfort Lucinda while helping her up. It was such a heartbreaking sight.

Janice, driven mad by the loss of her daughter, had been living in a daze for over two decades. Now reunited with her daughter, Janice could not recognize her. Even though she was calling out "Lucy", she couldn't tell who Lucy was.

Lucinda's heartbreak was understandable to everyone.

Janice, head lowered, tried to help Lucinda up.

With their help, Lucinda stood up, turned around, and hugged Fiona tightly, her tears soaking Fiona's clothes.

Janice stared blankly at Lucinda, her eyes filled with sympathy and helplessness. Eventually, she bent down to pick up the doll, holding it as she spaced out.

Lucinda had a breakdown for a while, but under Fiona's silent comforting, her emotions gradually stabilized.

Wiping away her tears, she apologized, saying, "I'm sorry you had to see me like this. I really couldn't control myself."

"I understand, really." Jeannie lightly patted her arm, comforting her: "Lucy, don't rush things. Janice needs time to recover."

Lucinda responded painfully, "I know she needs time, but I really can't control myself."

Seeing Janice space out with the doll, Lucinda was filled with heartache. She approached Janice, took her arm, and, though her face was still streaked with tears, she managed a smile, saying, "Mom, I was wrong before. I shouldn't have taken your baby. I was just jealous that you cared more about it than me. I won't do it again. Don't be mad, Mom."

Janice didn't say anything. She just stared blankly at Lucinda, then at the doll, and slowly walked towards the house.

hurried to follow

room was filled

state, they remained silent. They just watched as

walked blankly into her room, closed the

knocked on the door, but Janice ignored her and didn't open

Janice have some peace. It seems like she's starting to come to her senses. Let her calm down

get through this," Lucinda said,

pain of losing her daughter and her inability to face reality. Because of this, Janice's memory stopped when Lucinda was half a year old. The things she talked about with Lucinda were all events from before Lucinda turned half

Elisa took Lucinda away was something

let Janice have

"

put her arm around Lucinda's shoulder and led

was the first time Lucinda and Jeannie had

maintain her composure and politeness so as not to embarrass herself in

time Stefan came back, it was already past eight in the evening. He brought Ike and Keith

had gone to the airport

had come on his own and ran into Stefan on the way, so they came back

Stefan casually

"Dad, Mom, you're back."

"Mm."

Ike as a member of the Moore family. Her face lit up with a smile, and she looked at Ike with even

she looked at Keith, frowning, and said, "Baird,

isn't Baird: this is Keith from

Nathan, Keith returned

tiring, he was happy to

and Keith to

rarely praised, saying, "Both are

Anderson flatters me. Compared to Stefan,