When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 132 The Possibility of Blood Ties

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Ruby’s expression had steadied, so Baron spoke calmly. “Mrs. Stone, Natalie is the one who received your skin donation. She was badly burned in a fire, had graft surgery not long ago, and like you, she needs rest. If you cooperate with your treatment, I’ll let her come sit with you every morning. But if you don’t, then I won’t allow it.”

Ruby immediately straightened, blurting out, “I’ll cooperate. I’ll be active with treatment, I promise.”

“Good. Then, Mrs. Stone, we’ll see you tomorrow.”

Baron took Natalie’s hand and led her away.

Natalie was surprised to find that she didn’t dislike his overbearing tone. His palm was dry and

and that warmth seemed to seep through her skin and settle deep in her chest.

warm,

“Mrs. Stone really is pitiful,” Natalie murmured.

Baron gave a faint smile. “Haven’t you ever thought you might actually be her daughter?”

“How is that possible?” Natalie cut him off at once.

“I asked Mr. Stone. He said Mrs. Stone fell asleep while feeding her baby, and the child suffocated. If you really were that daughter, how would you still be alive?”

Natalie shook her head. “Exactly. If I were her child, I’d have been gone already.”

necessarily.” Baron’s words

“What do

you

mean?”

old. How could anyone tell? If you want to know the truth, a DNA test

because of her grief. If I

took your hair sample. They’re running a test. In about three days, we’ll have

Natalie stared in

how Flynn had pulled a few strands from

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Possibility of

drawing.

“Are you angry?”

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came from the Stone family. If my presence can help Mrs. Stone heal, then I’ll count it as repaying kindness.

cherished by family, adored by her

investigated and set them before her. “Look. More than twenty years ago, Mrs.

How could it be such a

Back then, Sharon and you were switched. Sharon was taken home by a rural family, but blood tests later showed you weren’t theirs either. So what if there was a third mix–up that

and clear, but Natalie’s emotions tangled. “Do you really think it was a

we won’t know until the results come back. Once we have them, the truth will

“Thank you, Baron. If it were just me, I’d never think