The Wrong Woman

Chapter 214

Nathan walked into the study. He invited Loretta to sit on the lounge. chair and began seriously questioning her.

“Have you seen Chubs at all during the ten years she was abroad, Madam Hoffis?”

“No,” she replied. “She was extremely occupied with her studies and had no time to return to the country. But we do talk on the phone.”

“What about video calls?”

“Those were quite rare.”

“At what point did you notice that she looked a bit different?”

Loretta was puzzled by his questioning. She nervously sat closer to him and asked, “Why are you asking me all this?”

He pursed his lips and thought for a moment. “Just answer me truthfully. I want to know more about Chubs.”

Upon hearing that he was interested in t jranddaughter, she was overjoyed and began telling him everything.

years ago. We hadn’t made a video call to her in a year or two. When we finally did, her chubby face was so much.

to get some minor procedures done to her face. That and being busy from work had

bewildered. “Was your daughter-in-law also in

My son, my daughter-in-law, and my adopted son, Oliver. They

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Thanksgiving dinner and called to say

and Loretta never questioned Sally

phony appeared in the same frame

their reactions? Was there anything

about it for a while before shaking her head. “It’s been too long. I can’t remember.”

many of these calls have you guys made?”

she choked, “I don’t know if they knew what was going to happen. Her parents frequently made

a month later, I received the news of their deaths. By the time we rushed back to Sunterland, I was only able to

crying as she spoke.

handed her some tissues. He couldn’t bring If

she couldn’t stop. She carried on by herself woefully, “Sally is a poor child. She lost her

was