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“Yeah.” Yarrow said with a smile as he walked, “Grandpa really likes Florence’s artwork. Unfortunately, she only has a few paintings. He tried to buy her last two paintings, but she wouldn’t sell them. He’s been waiting for a new painting by her, but I heard that she may not be able to do another painting for a few months.”
Mia felt uncomfortable while listening to him. She did not anticipate her grandfather to be he: biggest supporter… She wondered how he would feel when he found out that she was Florence.
Finally, they arrived in the living room. There was a middle–aged couple and a young girl about the same age as Mia sitting there.
“Mom, Dad, I brought my sister back.”
When Lily Wilson saw Mia, her eyes lit up. She immediately got up, waved her hand, and asked, “You are… Mia?”
The moment Mia saw the woman, she immediately remembered her dreams.
The woman’s face seemed very familiar. When she was young and living in an orphanage, that face frequently appeared in her dreams. She dedicated herself to painting, hoping to create a portrait of the woman and find her….
Seeing her, she felt a warm sensation in her heart and tightly closed her hands to control her–excitement.
“Yes, I am… You’re my mother?” she asked.
Lily sadly stepped toward her and gave her a hug, unable to hold back her tears. “My daughter, you are finally back.”
Simba Wilson watched on as his wife embraced their daughter. Despite his typically logical disposition, he couldn’t keep from shedding tears as he uttered, “We’ve finally found you.” Mia hugged Lily awkwardly, but she felt like she finally belonged somewhere.
She had everything she needed already. And now, her only wish to find her family had
come true.
As she thought happily, a gentle voice interrupted. “I caused all of this. If I hadn’t shown up,
would have come back
the police wouldn’t have made a mistake on the DNA test, and M. 15. If I hadn’t shown t
home much sooner.”
Mia took another look at the young girl. She still didn’t know who she was.
When Lily heard Sophia Wilson blaming herself, she reached out, held Sophia’s hand, and said, “What are you talking about? If you hadn’t been here with me for all these years, I would have been devastated. No need to worry. Even though your sister has come back. now, you are still my daughter.”
Sophia was so moved that her eyes turned red. “Mom…”
The touching scene immediately diverted the onlookers‘ attention from Mia.
Mia frowned. She ha
a general idea of what had happened.
The police made a mistake on the DNA test and ended up declaring that this young girl was
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the biological child of her parents.
The Wilson family never looked for Mia after she went missing because Sophia had been pretending to be her. If Mia hadn’t persisted and found them, Sophia might have taken her place forever.
Thinking of this, Mia began to dislike Sophia. She said coldly. “So I have a brother and a younger sister. No wonder no one searched for me all these years. Someone has replaced
- me.
Sophia immediately put on an innocent look. “Mia… I’m really sorry. I didn’t want that to happen. The police got it wrong…”
Simba looked helpless. Lily was in a bad state of mind after Mia’s disappearance, so he didn’t do another DNA test and decided to adopt Sophia. However, he didn’t expect that as she grew older, she would look less and less like a Wilson.
“The police made a mistake on the DNA test? And the outcome revealed that you’re 99% related to my parents?” Mia snorted, not believing it to be true. “I want to know which police station ran the test. We have to figure it out, or I will suspect that someone intentionally altered the outcome.”
Mia’s words made sense, and Yarrow frowned.
He had started to sense something was wrong a few days ago, but this thing occurred a decade ago, which made it harder to investigate.
Sophia appeared ashamed and then aggrieved once again. She chewed her lip and said, “I know… I was in your place. You must surely dislike me… You can hit me or scold me. I’m fine with it.”
Mia narrowed her eyes and looked at Sophia, who was pretending to be pitiful, just like Jess had always done. But this was Mia’s home, and she would not tolerate anyone anymore. “You’re clever, Sophia. You made it sound like I bullied you in just a few words. But I was the one away from my parents for 10 years, and you took my place. You look like you’re going to cry. Those who don’t know the truth may think that I’ve taken your place for 10
Mia’s words left Sophia speechless.
Sophia had believed that Mia couldn’t co wrong now.
years.
te with her, but she realized that she was
Lily noticed that Mia was upset and said, “It’s entirely my fault, Mia. I missed you too much and failed to notice… Please don’t blame Sophia…”
Mia frowned and looked at Lily with pity but couldn’t bring herself to express her true thoughts about Sophia..
Fortunately, she had spent the last 10 years learning many things, otherwise she wouldn’t have let go of Sophia, who was scheming against her.
“Mom, don’t worry. I do have some issues, but Sophia has been taking care of you for 10 years, so I will be peaceful with her unless she has a problem with me.”
Sophia looked at Mia’s cold face with an awkward expression and said, “You are my sister. I won’t have a problem with you.”
Mia raised her eyebrows. “That would be for the best.
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She looked at Sophia carefully with her sharp eyes, thinking, “If she conducts herself like an honorable person in the future, there will be no trouble with her.”
Lily sighed with relief when she heard that her two daughters could live together in peace.
Yarrow said. “Mom, Dad, Mia came over in a hurry and didn’t have dinner yet. Let’s go to the dining room together.”
“Okay,” Lily nodded, smiling. “I wasn’t sure what you liked to eat, so I had the housekeeper prepare a variety of good food. I hope you enjoy it all.”
Simba noticed that something was wrong. “It’s so late now. Why haven’t you had dinner yet?”
Mia didn’t want to tell him what the Smiths had done, but Yarrow did.
After hearing about it, Simba was furious. “They will pay for treating my daughter like this!”
Mia was his beloved daughter that he would dote on. Of course, he would make the Smiths
pay.
“There’s no need. I handled it already. The Smiths will vanish from Trasvinen tomorrow,” Yarrow said nonchalantly, as if chatting about the weather.
Sophia was quite jealous when she found out that Yarrow had made a family disappear for Mia.
In the past, her brother had favored her above everyone else. No matter who spoke against her, he always defended her. But he had never shielded her like this!
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