Chapter 218

Lunch was soon ready, so Laura stopped arguing with Hanzel and led Pearl by her hand into the house, leaving Hanzel there looking annoyed.

At the dining table, Allan kept zoning out as he looked at Pearl’s familiar face. He finally spoke up, saying, “May I ask you a question?”

Pearl smiled and replied, “Your curiosity is showing. Go ahead, I’ll do my best to answer.”

Allan nodded. “What’s your father’s name?”

“My father…” Pearl’s mind briefly wandered before she answered, “Max Leighton.”

An awkward silence hung over the table.

Allan’s lack of response, Pearl inquired further, “Is something wrong? Do you

you remember your mother’s name?”

a moment, then said, “Beah.”

my dad?”

tears. He wanted to say more but refrained, considering the presence of a child and Hanzel, to avoid making Pearl feel uncomfortable.

I might have remembered wrongly.”

on their flower crown, Pearl went to Allan’s room. Both Allan and Lindsay were present, and tears filled their

“Pearl…”

to understand the situation and

alive. She had believed that her mother grew up in a

that, your mom is my sister, the only daughter

Jordans. Twenty years ago, the daughter had eloped with an unknown man. Master Jordan, who deeply loved his daughter,

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