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.

inquired further, “Is something wrong? Do

you

silent for a moment, then said,

my dad?”

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

name. I might

to Allan’s room. Both Allan and Lindsay were present, and tears filled their eyes upon

“Pearl…”

the situation and

connection to the Jordans when she was alive. She had believed that her mother grew up in a normal

is my sister, the only daughter of my dad,” Allan

ago, the daughter had eloped with an unknown man. Master Jordan, who deeply loved his daughter, was concerned about

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