174 It’s True

Keira took the photo with a puzzled look and glanced

at it.

The photo clearly had some age to it, as the pixel quality wasn’t very sharp, and it seemed a bit darker than a normal photo, perhaps due to wear and

subsequent restoration.

In the photo were a man and a woman, likely attending some kind of gala, with a rather lavish background and both dressed in formal evening wear.

The young man was in his twenties and bore some resemblance to Frankie, leading Keira to immediately conclude that it was Mr. Allen.

But the woman standing beside Mr. Allen made Keira pupils constrict.

The woman carried herself with grace. She was slender in form and exuded a sense of time with her presence. Due to the low resolution of the old photograph, she appeared to be only in her thirties, but Keira discerned from her expression that she had to be at least in her early forties.

wasn’t the most important part; what mattered that this person looked a lot like Keira!

Not in demeanor, but in physical appearance!

Keira clearly remembered her own facial features…

When she was younger, every time guests visited the Olsen family, upon seeing Isla and her, they would subconsciously say she resembled Mrs. Olsen.

But once they realized the two weren’t mother and daughter, they would laugh it off, saying there was a resemblance in temperament, not in look.

Therefore, Keira had stared at her own reflection in the mirror countless times.

How she had wished, even if just one feature on her face was similar to Mrs. Olsen’s!

But there wasn’t any similarity, not her eyes, her nose,

or even her mouth…

A feeling of disappointment gradually took root in

Keira’s heart.

Yet, that also imprinted Mrs. Olsen’s facial features deeply into her memory.

The woman in the photo seemed like an older version of herself by ten or twenty years when the baby fat on her face was gone, and her features more defined and sculpted…

If someone said this person wasn’t related to her by blood, Keira wouldn’t believe it!

She looked at Mr. Allen with astonishment and asked,

“Who is this?”

Mr. Allen stroked his chin and frowned in thought for a moment, “That should be Lady South.”

Keira was startled, “Lady South?”

“Yes.” Mr. Allen knitted his brows, pondering carefully. “It’s Mrs. Olsen’s mother…”

Mrs. Olsen’s mother… Keira’s mind seemed to explo

her. If she looked so much like Mrs. Olsen’s mother, could it

hard, stunned in place.

couldn’t be,

had fantasized countless times that

was b

Could it be that she’d fantasized

was

at the old photo again and

pinched herself hard.

That hurt…

was a sensation of pain.

couldn’t help but rush over, blurting out, “Miss Keira, why are you

said, “Then pinch my brother! It hurts less than

Frankie was speechless.

His brow twitched.

Allen. “Uncle Allen, Aunt Allen, what do you mean by showing

so he coughed and looked

her and said, “Keira,

a smart kid, so I won’t beat around the bush.

that you aren’t the

on you, I really can’t understand a mother’s

Keira frowned.

not have doubted it?

the age of four, the police conducted a DNA test upon her return to ascertain

wasn’t right.

conducted using Poppy’s sample, and it wasn’t until after the results confirmed her as the mother that Poppy was allowed to take the

was that sample really Poppy’s?

clenched her fists, “Mrs. Allen, what you mean is, actually, actually…”

so many years, so when it came to this crucial

herself unable to speak it

she opened her mouth to speak, she

take her hand. “Have you

Aver

that maybe Mrs. Olsen is

voiced this response,

fall

was her mother…

Was that possible?

and other

suddenly crowded into her

mixture of

sudden happiness was almost too much to

believe.

as if

“Ssss…”

came from beside her, and Keira turned to see Frankie frowning and holding his arm.

asked, “Frankie, does

but looking into Keira’s bewildered eyes, he pursed

“It hurts.”

174 it’s True

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