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.

but ever since

somewhere, just unable to find his

about the bond between a mother and

defied logic, and Alyssa understood

"Forget it.

not talk about this." Mandy forced herself to

tears

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

"You're...

going to see Mr.

Joseph?" "Yeah.

an expert in biopharmaceuticals, so I wanted to ask him if

She perked up immediately.

you don't mind, I'd like to come with you!" Over an hour later, Alyssa and Mandy

room, they met with

was in his prison uniform and had

"Mandy...

Ms.

period of

carried was

gaze pierced through him, her silence speaking volumes about her lingering resentment toward

specific reason

so she greeted him cordially, "Uncle Joseph."

Alyssa's birth mother's passing, she and Mandy had

kinship

a revelation, as if Alyssa was finally recognizing Mandy's place

looked flustered, shaking

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