True Love Waits

Chapter 449 She Thought You Were Dead

"Hi Evelyn, I'm Queenie. Let's be friends," said a girl.

"I'm Zack Wan. You're pretty. I want to be friends with you too. Monica, look at Evelyn! She looks like a real princess," said a boy.

The classroom was abuzz, thanks to Evelyn. The noise level rose appreciably, because everyone wanted to talk to the new girl.

Evelyn pointed at Zack Wan's face and said, "Dirty. Go Away. Monica, Queenie...friends."

Debbie, who kept hidden so she could see how Evelyn's first day went, covered her face with both hands. 'Oh God! She's a clean freak just like her dad.'

The next afternoon, Debbie went to kindergarten to pick up Evelyn. Lucinda conferred with Debbie. "I can't explain it. Everyone in class was so clean. Some even had new clothes. I think it's Evelyn. She doesn't like dirty kids. Ha-ha! Kids are so funny."

The story amused Debbie. At the same time, she felt a little helpless at Evelyn's obsession with cleanliness. "Did she behave?" she asked her aunt.

Lucinda cast a sidelong glance at Evelyn, who was hand in hand with Monica Yu, and said in a whisper, "Well, yeah, but she doesn't want to be friends with everyone. And she isn't too shy to say so. You should have a talk with her about being nicer. Anyway, she's a polite girl."

Debbie didn't know how to respond. She knew Evelyn pretty well. Evelyn clammed up around people she didn't like. Debbie had talked to Evelyn about this before, and Evelyn promised that she would be friends with every kid. But the truth was she would still act the same.

"Got it, Aunt Lucinda. I'll talk to her," Debbie said.

"Okay. Hey, if you're busy, you don't have to pick her up every day. I'll just take her to my place," Lucinda offered. She liked Evelyn a lot, and she thought it was perfectly normal for the kids to love her too. "Sure. Pi- Evelyn, time to go. Say goodbye to Lucinda," Debbie called out. She wanted to call her Piggy at first, but then thought of what Evelyn had told her last night. Last night, she told her that she was Evelyn in public.

Going

"Bye, Evelyn!"

At ZL Group

had just hung up on Evelyn. He asked her if she was used to kindergarten, and

the door and came

found it." Frankie put a stack of documents on

the sheets of paper, and

abroad. When we found him, he told us everything. After the car accident, you fell into a coma. And that's when James decided to really mess with Miss

paused for a while, and continued, "James even doctored the photo of Debbie in another man's arms, using Photoshop and a picture of Debbie, taken while she was in a coma. We tracked down the Photoshop whiz, too. James paid

were dead. But you weren't. You were still in a coma but out of danger, so James had a doctor inject you with a drug to slow your breathing and heartbeat down, to make you appear dead. When Miss Nian saw you after the injection, she

Sasha Mu and forced Miss Nian to write

convincing, James even bought a gravestone and asked Miss Nian to attend the funeral. I also called Mr. Lu. He said that James had tried to play the caring father then. Mr. Li and Mr. Han were taken in by it. If

had been his most trusted adviser, and now he was

she endured all these years? And this

does James hate Debbie so much?"

but you never listened to him. When the accident happened, he concocted a plan

moment of consideration, Carlos ordered, "I need a thorough background check on James. I need his criminal history, financial records, aliases, known acquaintances, and employees. If necessary I'll fly to New York

"Yes, Mr. Huo."

We're still investigating his activities with the

said in a hoarse voice, "Don't do anything too hasty. I'll deal with them when I'm ready. They'll know what I'm capable of

Mr. Huo," Frankie answered and left