Chapter 345

It wasn’t the first time someone had remarked on the striking resemblance between Pattie and her adoptive parents, Anastasia and Herman.

Anastasia was always careful to maintain Pattie’s self-esteem and avoided any suggestions that she was adopted. She didn’t want Pattie to feel less loved or out of place. Gently touching Pattie’s cheek, Anastasia would often say, “It’s not about blood. It’s about family. You are meant to be our daughter, Pattie.”

Her words were ambiguous enough to avoid direct mention of adoption, yet intimate enough to imply a natural bond.

“Say hello to the ladies, Pattie.” Anastasia encouraged.

Pattie waved her little hand, her voice sweet and soft, “Hello, ladies.”

for her good manners and

had a lovely daughter like this.”

have a man. Where would you get a daughter?”

find one with good looks.

laughed and chatted, their banter filled with a sense of independence and empowerment. They

the modern mindset of the younger women. She herself was a single

conversation was interrupted when Anastasia noticed Flynn and Feiman hurrying towards the back room. Feeling a sudden anxiety, she realized she

seen my mother-in-law?” Anastasia

her since the opening ceremony.” Salma replied, “She greeted me and then she

Anastasia stood up and said, “Mom, can you look

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