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Liora suggested, “Mandy, let’s go and ask Selene. She has a wide network…”
Mandy was confused by Liora’s proposal. Ask Selene for help?
“Why do you think she would want to help us?” Mandy asked.
Liora mumbled, “Your father is her husband! Chadwick is her son!”
“Mom, think! My father and you gave birth to Chadwick, and she raised him as her own son for so many years! Now
that the truth is out, the only reason she didn’t kill them is that she doesn’t want to be a murderer! Why would she
save Chadwick?”
Mandy thought that if she were Selene and discovered her husband’s betrayal and that her son wasn’t biologically
hers, she might want to kill them. Why save them? She might as well celebrate!
“She raised Chadwick all these years. Can she watch him go to prison?” Liora continued.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtMandy thought Liora’s reasoning was flawed. She couldn’t communicate normally with her.
“If you want to beg her, go ahead, but I won’t,” Mandy said.
Liora hugged Mandy in tears. “Mandy, you can’t just not care about them!”
“What should I do?” Mandy asked. “Change the law? Break into prison?”
Her phone rang. She checked the caller ID and stepped into the garden to answer.
“Hello?”
X’s robotic voice echoed. “Contact Bradley Warner.”
Mandy stayed silent.
“Pretend to be pitiful.”
Mandy tugged at the garden leaves, wondering if X had planned this when he asked for her liver donation to
Bradley.
“With his personality, I think—”
X interrupted, “He needs you.”
Mandy hadn’t grasped what X meant by “he needs you” when the call was disconnected.
She took a deep breath and returned to the living room, where Liora had been calling Selene.
Liora asked, “Mandy, why does it say Selene’s been on a call all this time?”
Mandy sighed. “I think she probably blocked you.”
Liora was puzzled. “Why would she block me?”
Mandy held Liora’s hand. “Mom, their situation is worse than we thought. Let’s not discuss details. The drug
production and trafficking alone are enough for a sentence. I can’t help them.
“Here’s what I think. I’ll go find Bradley. Since I’ve donated my liver to him, maybe he’ll help us. At least, we can
temporarily secure everything under our names…”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmLiora thought Mandy wanted to cut ties with Richard and Chadwick. She hastily said, “No, no, you can’t abandon
your father and brother!”
“Mom, if you want me to help, fine, but you need to confess everything you know. Maybe they’ll get a lighter
sentence.”
“I don’t know anything,” Liora said.
“In that case, listen to me. I’ll find Bradley now and ask for his help in protecting everything under our names. If you
run out of money, how will you eat or survive? What can you get if I ask you to find a job right now?”
Mandy felt a pang of pity for the real Mandy. She had died, and her family didn’t know. She had returned under
Mandy’s identity, and her family didn’t suspect a thing. The poor girl had never experienced real love.
“Mandy…”
Mandy felt she couldn’t reason with Liora. She dialed Bradley’s number in front of her.
“Mr. Warner, please help me.”
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