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."

seriously ill when I was just a teenager and lost all my childhood memories. About four months ago,

found my family. But after a DNA test, it turned out I wasn't the

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

was diagnosed with kidney failure last year and needed a transplant.

a miracle, and we were scraping by just to cover the

I simply

Eileen's throat was parched, but she felt too

a temporary resident, she hesitated

table, Remington leaned over to pour two glasses

him and took a few

aback by the revelation; she was still processing the information when noticing

when helping Eileen with the car door and catching her when she missed a step at the hospital while distracted by

to others, but they were uncharacteristic

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