The woman blinked in confusion, then shifted her gaze between Remington and Lizetta.

Having suddenly figured out what was going on, she hurriedly waved her hands to Lizetta and said,

"Oh dear, I think there's been a huge misunderstanding. Mr. Dashiell hired me to pretend to be Stella!" the woman hurriedly explained, waving her hands for emphasis.

Lizetta stared at her, with astonishment written all over her face, before turning to Remington with a puzzled look.

"She's not Stella?"

Remington's lips twisted into a bitter smile, "I wish she was. But I couldn't find her."

The woman, eager to clear the confusion, quickly added, "Mrs. Dashiell, my name's Eileen. I am not Ms. Stella West."

Seeing her nervousness and how she remained standing, Remington gestured towards a chair, "Please, take a seat."

orphan, and I fell seriously ill when I was just a teenager and lost

the moon, thinking I'd finally found my family. But after a DNA test, it

mother had been searching for her daughter for her entire life, and now, she's on her deathbed. He didn't want

Dashiell, I was desperate for money. My husband was diagnosed with kidney failure last year and needed a transplant. We have a young daughter, and I couldn't bear the thought of her

miracle, and we were scraping by just to cover

offered to cover the surgery if I agreed to help him, and I simply couldn't refuse. So, I followed Mr. Dashiell back

throat was parched, but she felt too embarrassed to help

resident, she hesitated to make

and pitcher on the coffee table, Remington leaned over to pour two glasses of water-one for

took a

aback by the revelation; she was still processing the

the same care when helping Eileen with the car door and catching her when she missed a step

trivial to others, but

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