The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 383

Chapter 385

Ever since Hilda lost her daughter, every single day had felt like an ordeal she was forced to endure.

Over the years, she'd torn Crestwood apart, searching every corner, yet not even a trace of her daughter had surfaced.

So when Monica spoke now, Hilda's first reaction was fear.

She'd been disappointed so many times already-each rumor, every glimmer of hope, had dissolved into nothing. Again and again, hope only led to heartbreak.

Monica spoke tentatively. "Aunt Hilda, that girl... she really looks like you."

Hilda's face had flickered with a brief spark of hope, but at Monica's words, her eyes darkened. “Looks mean nothing," she said flatly.

Too many times she'd seen girls who bore some resemblance to her, only for each meeting to end in disappointment.

"But Aunt Hilda, she's nothing like the others we've found before," Monica insisted. "Her eyes, her features-they're almost identical to yours. If you'd just see her "

snapped. "That's enough. Both of you -get

Hilda's stormy expression-so

family's deepest wound, and Hilda's most sensitive spot. Monica understood that

her lips together, then helped Wade up from the

emerged from the basement, they

Wade both let out long sighs

to Monica, his eyes searching. "Monica, what

with hope. "You really

nodded earnestly. "I can't be sure yet, but this

Wade blurted

had been the family's hope, loved even before she was born. Just the thought of finding her again sent adrenaline rushing through Wade's veins. Monica eyed

short, unsympathetic laugh. "Why don't you focus on healing

conceding

did you do this time, anyway?

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