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She was silent, and so was Neil, his head bowed low.

“I hold a total of 35% of the shares. I’ll give Tricia 20%, and you 15%.

Maja felt a bitter sting, not knowing what to say.

She was always left behind.

Dumped by the Leo Elston family, dumped by lan, and now, dumped by Neil.

She never felt needed.

She was once told she mattered, only to be ditched without a second thought.

“Maja, Lillian gave up her painting career to take care of you, and that’s why her health deteriorated.”

The weight of such a favour left Maja feeling at a loss.

“If you’re not my daughter, then you’re definitely not Lillian’s either. Maybe we got the wrong baby at the hospital. I don’t know whether Lillian’s actual child is dead or alive or where she is, but I hope you can find her.”

Neil closed his eyes, weary.

overheard the doctors talking when I was discharged. I only have half

word from Neil added to Maja’s mental burden.

for the child Lillian gave birth to, she would feel guilty for not repaying the Pennyfeather family’s kindness and for not living up to Lillian’s

the only one who didn’t care whether her child was a boy

great deal about this. The old folks said that back then, there were many abandoned baby girls on the streets, left in baskets, with nobody daring to pick them up.

starved or froze to

been switched at birth, then the girl who was switched out, Lillian’s actual daughter,

baby girl surviving

wouldn’t have taken her away

work, they raised a child that wasn’t

trembled

anything, yet she felt like a criminal.

took a deep breath and

help you find your biological daughter. But if Tricia hurts me again, I won’t let it slide. Only if she

had half a year left to live, didn’t bother with anything

deathbed that the

but resent Maja, and

he hoped, for now, was that Maja

such high business acumen, she shone from an early age. Even studying in the impoverished Crystalbrook Valley, she managed

was hard

a fist

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