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.

ever since Damien's plane crash, I've dreamed about him

somewhere, just unable to find his way home.” "Mandy..."

profound and indescribable about the bond between

logic, and Alyssa

"Forget it.

this." Mandy forced herself to

her tears gently

car ready." After the helper acknowledged her instructions and left the room, Alyssa asked in a concerned voice, "Where are you

"You're...

going to see Mr.

Joseph?" "Yeah.

Joseph is an expert in biopharmaceuticals, so I wanted

She perked up immediately.

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

they met

was in his prison uniform and had

"Mandy...

Ms.

period of reformation, Joseph sat politely

once carried was long gone after his time in

silence speaking volumes about her lingering resentment toward

specific

avoid any awkwardness that might further alienate Joseph, so she

Alyssa's birth mother's passing, she and Mandy had formed a close

Alyssa had never acknowledged any kinship with the relatives of Winston's

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

looked flustered,

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