When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0737

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Nelly followed the address from the documents and found Mindy’s current residence. Standing outside the wrought iron gate, she tilted her head to take in the villa before her.

From the outside, the neighborhood seemed ordinary enough, but once inside, it was surprisingly pleasant. Even after ending up in such a small place, her sister was somehow living in a villa.

Nelly’s lips curled into a faint smirk. Her younger sister had always been lucky.

Even as children, when they visited a fortune teller, the lady clasped her hands together and declared Minnie’s destiny to be one of great fortune and prosperity. Meanwhile, Nelly would stand to the side, as invisible as a shadow.

Anywhere Minnie went, all attention seemed to gravitate toward her, leaving Nelly in the background.

As she crossed the garden, Nelly reached the front door, adjusted her expression into a polite smile, and pressed the doorbell.

Lionel answered the door. He was planning to make bread for breakfast after hearing from Mindy’s parents that they preferred plain bread with butter over heavy breakfast.

He had just finished kneading some dough when he heard the doorbell, he wiped his hands and opened the door, finding himself face–to–face with a well–dressed woman radiating an air of arrogance.

“Who are you looking for?” Lionel asked.

*Nelly took a moment to study him. He was tall enough and reasonably good–looking, but his clothes were too

plain. He seemed like he was just an average middle–aged man with no sense of style or charm.

“Are you… Lionel Sutton?” Nelly asked, testing the waters.

“Yes, that’s me. And you are?”

What? Minnie had married someone like this?

Lionel could feel the scrutinizing gaze, tinged with judgment, and it left him feeling distinctly uncomfortable. Seeing her hesitation to answer, he frowned slightly and was about to speak again when Mindy’s voice called from behind him.

“Nelly?”

the living room, Nelly sat on the sofa while Mindy handed her a cup

remember you don’t like coffee or tea,” Mindy said with a gentle smile. “I wasn’t sure if that’s

imagined countless possibilities. After more than 20 years of wandering, Nelly thought Minnie should have been worn down by life, stripped of

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now, sitting across from her, the Minnie of her memories

almost entirely intact.

She still looked as innocent and charming as ever,

that mean… Minnie didn’t

Minnie had lost her

deeply at the thought. The anxiety that had been gnawing at her eased, replaced by

asked, “How have you been all these years? We nearly went crazy searching for you, especially

her usual warm smile, Mindy replied, “I’ve been doing well. You haven’t changed a bit,

remember the day you disappeared. The weather was so

then…”

cautiously brought up that day, watching Mindy’s blank expression closely. Seeing no signs of recognition, she

have continued to search for you all these years. They thought you’d been kidnapped and taken abroad, only to find out later you’d

we got news about you and were able

watching

her eyes.

their struggles over the decades but had glossed over the pain, mentioning only the lighter

that Mindy learned the true extent of the

her–something she couldn’t even begin to

sorrow, Nelly shifted the topic. She spoke of Mindy’s

Every time, you’d save the prettiest and tastiest candies for me. But as your older sister, I failed in my duty.

self–deprecating laugh. It looked as if her expression

her disappearance; her mind was a blank slate regarding that event. But she couldn’t

now, aren’t we? There’s no need