Chapter 279: Welcome home, granddaughter.
The sound of the latch clicking echoed louder in Jessica’s ears than it should have. Her fingers hesitated over the smooth wood before she finally opened the box.
A rich fragrance of aged cedar and preserved paper escaped from within.
At the sound of the box opening, their breath hitched.
While Jessica dreaded the contents of the box, Lady Matilda dreaded the result those contents might bring.
Jessica took a deep breath as she calmly glanced into the box. Inside, nestled in deep velvet lining, lay a locket, its surface engraved with delicate lilies—just like the garden outside.
But what caught Jessica’s attention wasn’t the locket itself, but the photograph beneath it. Her breath hitched.
She reached in, fingers trembling slightly, and lifted the photo. It was aged but well-preserved—a photo of her mother when she was much younger.
She stared at the photo, noting the unmistakable features of the woman who gave her life—her warm smile, eyes and lips, her hair that cascaded down like silk.
Standing beside her was a younger version of Lady Matilda, holding her close with maternal pride.
Her brain spun rapidly as it tried to piece together the meaning. Jessica blinked rapidly as realization struck her like lightning. Her mother. And her... grandmother.
She glanced at Lady Matilda, who had stood up and held out a brown envelope toward her.
Jessica’s heart thudded loudly in her chest, her hand trembling, her breath coming in gasps. She wished Davis was here. She needed a hand to hold, a shoulder to lean on at this moment.
She didn’t want to believe the whispers in her mind. Staring at the file for a while and the old lady standing tall and waiting with her hand stretched out, she was at a loss for what to do.
Her mother had never taught her to neglect the elderly. She couldn’t believe that at the end of the day, she might be gaining a new grandmother.
Then who was the woman in the countryside? How did her mother never mention this family to her?
Quietly, she stretched out her hands and accepted the envelope, noting the familiar seal.
Her chest nearly gave way beneath the weight of her pounding heart. The rush of memories she never knew she had threatened to drown her as her heart pounded hard against her ribs.
here because of shock,"
few seconds, taking deep breaths until her
had made, and the feeling she
Lady Matilda Santiago sighed in relief, her
have screamed or shouted,
box, deciding to unveil every document inside. To
"Confidential" in heavy embossed ink. The seal was
glanced up at Lady Matilda, whose eyes held
she whispered. "You deserve to know
care. Inside were official documents containing a family lineage certificate with her name handwritten
Nora Santiago. Her father: Unknown. And right above, listed under maternal bloodline: Matilda
"Unknown," Jessica cast an inquisitive glance at her. "My father is George
out a paternity test, but the result came out wrong. It seems there was an
on the response or the reason but casually flipped to the next sheet—then the next.
an estate in the capital,
shareholding certificate of Santiago Pharmaceuticals, one of the largest biotech companies in the country—signed,
of a beach property, described as her mother’s sanctuary before she left
in four countries, with Noveira
the papers. She blinked
numbers attached to these assets
from various shares that had been
inherit the hospital under
"Was this evening dinner planned
broke the silence, her
mother... she refused everything when she left. She wanted a new life. But I kept these. Just in case. In case she returned. But then
out of her. Everything in her life had been carefully measured, controlled—especially what little she knew about her family history. And now, in the space of minutes, the ground beneath her had
tightened as emotion
her voice barely a whisper. "My mother is really
and right now, I and your uncle hope you can return to your maternal
uncle?" she asked, her mind whirling with questions. "Does that
furrow, Lady Matilda quickly explained "You have
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