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

said

had imagined countless possibilities. After more than 20 years of wandering, Nelly thought Minnie should

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Chapter 0737

now, sitting across from her, the Minnie

almost entirely intact.

no trace of hardship on her face. She still looked as innocent and charming as ever, even gazing at Nelly with that

didn’t remember what she had

Minnie had lost her memory and had

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

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

“I’ve been

The weather was so

then…”

watching Mindy’s blank expression closely. Seeing no signs of recognition, she finally

years. They thought you’d been kidnapped and taken abroad, only

we got news about

watching over

tears glistened in her eyes.

pieces of their struggles over the

Mindy learned the true extent

couldn’t even begin to

Mindy’s eyes and sensing her guilt and sorrow, Nelly shifted the topic. She spoke of Mindy’s favorite stamps and tins of candy, which were still kept safe in their

and tastiest candies for me. But as your older sister, I failed in my duty. I lost you and took so

looked as if her expression was heavy with guilt and

no memory of her disappearance; her mind was a blank slate regarding that event.

we? There’s no need to blame yourself–it wasn’t