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

had a lovely daughter like this.” One of them

even have a man. Where would you get

I can’t find the right one, I’ll just find one with good looks. I can

and chatted, their banter filled with a sense of independence and empowerment. They were all successful,

the modern mindset of the younger women. She herself was a single mother and understood the hardships that came with it. Yet, she

back room. Feeling a sudden anxiety, she realized she hadn’t seen Katelyn or Grannie Anita

seen my

replied, “She greeted me and then she

up and said, “Mom, can you look after Pattie? I’ll go check

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