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I later investigated Rose and found that she indeed had no grudge against our family.
But what happened at Christmas was her carefully orchestrated plan.
She was a nurse at that hospital during Christmas, so she had access to information about pregnant women there. She used her position to learn about Lily’s due date at Christmas and deliberately chose the same day to give birth.
Shortly after delivery, she quit her job out of guilt.
But for all these years since Christmas, she’s been watching Jade from some corner, convinced that Jade was her
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The thought that someone had been watching Jade like this for so many years since Christmas terrified me.
However, twenty years have passed since Christmas. Now there’s no direct evidence
to prove that Rose ever carried out the baby swap.
I was too young at Christmas to understand the implications. Later, I completely forgot about it. If Joy hadn’t come to our door, this vague memory would have remained buried in my mind
forever.
I saw Joy again at a club I frequently
visited.
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I saw Rose desperately clutching Joy’s hand, pleading humbly: “Joy, please come home with Mom, okay? You’re still young. If you go back and study hard, you can retake the college entrance exam. You can’t stop your education. Those playboys won’t treat you well.”
Rose looked much thinner than when we
first met. But it wasn’t a healthy kind of thin. She looked more like she was ill.
“Get away from me. Leave me alone!”
“Joy, I was wrong. Don’t degrade yourself like this. I’m sick and don’t have much time left. Please come back with me, okay?”
I found this scene quite interesting. So Rose did know which path was right after
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From a distance, I heard Joy say viciously
to her birth mother: “You should have
just swapped me to another family at
Christmas. Who would want a mother like
you?
“You deserve to be sick. This is
your
karma!”
Anyone who knew the truth couldn’t blame Joy.
But I still wouldn’t forgive them.
One was a mother who wanted to destroy another family for her own selfish desires, and the other was a daughter who grew up in a twisted family because of it.
Joy was indeed a victim. Before the
paternity test results came out, as long as
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family and she herself would know the outcome of this matter.
She chose this path.
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Of course, the most evil source was Rose, who caused all of this.
I later heard that Aron also broke up with Joy. He was never a devoted man to begin with. His tender feelings for Joy were completely consumed when faced with interests.
His cousin married a girl from a noble family. The two families formed a powerful alliance.
But Aron had offended my family. His parents had previously required him to
come to our house to apologize to me, but he still
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couldn’t earn my forgiveness.
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His family’s influence gradually shifted toward his cousin and younger sister, so he might not be able to help but take his anger out on Joy.
Still, he was quite fortunate. Even if he couldn’t get the heir position in the family, he could still enjoy a privileged
life.
Having grown accustomed to a wealthy lifestyle, would Joy willingly live an ordinary life?
The answer to that question remained a
mystery.
Three years passed quickly.
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Lately I’ve been dreaming about the
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when Jade was born when I was five
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years
old. In my dreams, I often return to that
day.
curled
Sometimes I see myself in the dream
up at the head of the bed, fast asleep, completely unaware that someone had come in. The sister our whole family had lovingly raised was someone else.
I wake up in a cold sweat.
Jacob pats my back beside me, saying softly: “Relax. Did you have a nightmare? Tell me about it?”
He often comforts me like this.
With my face buried in his chest, I say fearfully: “I dreamed that Jade really was
switched.”
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He sighs softly: “Go to sleep. It’s all fake. Tomorrow night I’ll have your sister come sleep with you.”
After a moment, he complains: “Even though we’re married, you still care more
about Jade.”
The End.
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