It was already dusk at this point. The room was dim, with only a small table lamp on the table remaining lit

Jennie brought the photo album to the coffee table and showed Anna the black and white photograph on the first page. In the photos, a young man and a woman stood side by side. A short little boy stood beside the man, and the woman held a newborn baby.

Jennie said, “My biological parents abandoned me when | was born. At that time, Wayne’s parents went to a church nearby and found me at the gate. Then | became a member of the Wright family. James was only a year old at the time.*’

Peter was already a successful man when he was young and he was very much in love with his wife. A few more years later, Mrs. Wright finally became pregnant with James.

Back then, as usual, they went to a church on a nearby mountain. There, they picked up Jennie. And they treated her as if she were their own child.

“The Wrights never told me | wasn’t one of them, and I didn’t find out until | was 17 that | was adopted.”

“It’s hard to tell because you and James look so much alike,” Anna said, looking at the picture of the two of them.

Jennie began to smile when she saw the picture of James. Her cold, pale fingertips stroked the photograph gently as if she wanted to touch her past. People often asked Peter if his children were twins. Peter and his wife

thought it was because of fate, so they never explained anything to others. 343 The Twists and Turns Therefore, Jennie didn’t realize she was adopted until she was seventeen.

her because everyone around her was friendly to

to spoil her when she was at home, her brother to look after her when she was away, and her boyfriend to

be no liars in the world, and that | had found true love. So, | was naive and willing to believe in anything. William said he’d marry me after graduated, and

turned pale as she recalled the painful past.

Anna asked,

Although Jennie had

When he found out about it, he became enraged and even hit William. While they were fighting, Jennie cried out and tried to stop the two men from beating

the way, he told her

William was a liar. 343 The Twists

that he was a graduate student at the university and that he was here for classes. He was, however, only there to hook up with girls. He was interested in Jennie because he already knew she was a rich girl from the Wright family. For her, he even broke up with his fiancee, who was already

what had happened, it was already too late. As a

way home, James offered Jennie two options, and the first one was to get an abortion. He promised her to keep this from her parents for her, and let her

William was a good man. | had the impression that, despite being a liar, he genuinely loved me. James thought | was stupid. Then he said he wanted to put William to the test. If he passed that test, he promised

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