That day, after Cyrus and Alyssa reached an agreement, Cyrus returned home to update Winston and Mandy.

Winston had already assumed that Mandy had misidentified Remy, thinking it was just a result of her longing for Damien.

He hadn't held out much hope from the start.

Mandy, however, was devastated.

Her disappointment ran deep, and her emotions were heavily affected.

Initially, she was doubtful, but she eventually had to accept the truth.

She spent three or four days in bed, overwhelmed with despair.

It wasn't until Alyssa returned home that Mandy forced herself to sit up.

She pressed on, asking once more, "Lyse...

are you certain? Are you sure he wasn't Damien?" Tears brimmed in her eyes as she spoke.

Thanks to her meticulous self-care, Mandy always appeared refined and younger than her years, but she looked noticeably aged after just a few days of sadness.

"Mandy, I understand exactly how you feel,'"' Alyssa said, her voice thick with emotion.

She held Mandy's cold hands tightly.

"I wish more than anything that Damien was alive too...

but that man wasn't him.

He just looks a lot like Damien." Mandy closed her eyes, shaking her head in bitter disappointment.

you might think I'm losing my mind, but ever since Damien's plane crash, I've dreamed

just unable to find his way

indescribable about the bond between

logic, and Alyssa understood

"Forget it.

not talk about this." Mandy forced herself to pull

tears gently with

the room, Alyssa asked in a concerned voice, "Where are you going, Mandy?" With a cold gleam in her

"You're...

going to see Mr.

Joseph?" "Yeah.

suffer brain damage because of some strange medication? Joseph is an expert in biopharmaceuticals, so I wanted to ask him if he has any ideas." Alyssa's heart

She perked up immediately.

I'd like to come with you!" Over an hour later,

met with Joseph, who

in his prison uniform and had handcuffs over his

"Mandy...

Ms.

After a long period of

carried was long

through him, her silence speaking volumes about her

specific reason for

any awkwardness that might further alienate Joseph, so she greeted him cordially, "Uncle

she and

acknowledged any kinship with the relatives of Winston's

call Joseph "Uncle" was a revelation, as if Alyssa was finally recognizing Mandy's place in

flustered,

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