When Time Tried to Heal Me But I Refused to Listen by Kael Niro Senn 371
Chapter 371 His Past
“Go find this Susan. If she listens and can be controlled, we’ll use her to deal with Justin. If not, then we’ll create another Susan,” Danielle said deeply.
Savannah squinted. She understood exactly what Danielle meant. They’d done things like that many times before.
“Then go
look for her. Why are you dragging your feet? Riverwyn isn’t that big. How hard can it be to find a woman who came from an orphanage?” Savannah felt Danielle was being useless.
“You don’t get it. Ten years ago, Riverwyn Orphanage had a huge fire. Every record was burned. I’ve checked–Susan was adopted long ago. Trying to find her now is like looking for a needle in the ocean. If she were that easy to find, do you think Justin would have been searching for years with no result?”
Danielle thought Savannah was clueless.
“Don’t tell me it’s Adriana again…” Savannah was already traumatized. Somehow, every good thing always circled back to Adriana.
“Adriana grew up in a rural orphanage near Haldoria. That’s nowhere near Riverwyn. Their ages don’t line up either. Calm down,” Danielle said impatiently.
“Susan is definitely not Adriana.” Danielle was certain. The girl Justin was looking for wasn’t Adriana.
Adriana had grown up in Haldoria Orphanage. She and Justin had never crossed paths back then.
“Fine. I’ll find a way to track her down. You focus on keeping Justin tied up for now,” Savannah said, telling Danielle to stall him.
They struck a deal to stop Adriana and Justin from getting married.
Barton Estate.
Meanwhile, Justin purposely ignored Curtis‘ calls and wouldn’t let Adriana answer either, clearly enjoying Curtis‘ frustration.
When he felt it was time, he finally picked up with a smile. “Why so nervous? Adriana and I are having wine and chatting about life.”
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Curtis gave a cold laugh on the other end. “Do you two even have anything in common to
talk about?”
Justin smiled wider. Making Curtis jealous was something he never thought he’d enjoy.
“There’s news about the person you’ve been searching for. Curtis went straight to the point.
Justin’s smile vanished. He straightened up. “You found her?”
“Yes. Not long after you were adopted by the Bartons, she was adopted by an ordinary couple. But now she goes by Maggie Gill. She’s the eldest daughter of the Gills–elder sister to Marcus and Maya.”
A flash of cold anger crossed Justin’s eyes. “Wasn’t she adopted by an ordinary couple? How did she become the Gills‘ eldest daughter?”
The Gills had an extremely mysterious eldest daughter who had never appeared publicly.
“Twenty years ago, Susan’s adoptive parents died in a car crash less than six months after adopting Susan. Then, more than ten years ago, the orphanage fire wiped out all her records.” Even Curtis had to admit it felt far too coincidental.
The truth had been buried so deeply that it took them a long time to confirm that the Susan from back then was the same person as today’s Maggie.
The Gills had stayed out of sight for years. As the eldest daughter, Maggie had never appeared in public. No one would believe the family had no goals or plans.
Curtis hadn’t suspected the Gills before because he believed Elbert was smart enough not to draw attention to himself. But now, clue after clue pointed to them. He couldn’t ignore it
anymore.
“The Gills are finally ready to reveal themselves.” Justin sneered.
Everyone believed he was searching for Susan out of childhood gratitude. But that wasn’t the truth. When Justin was sent to the orphanage, he had a younger brother with him. After their parents‘ accident, the two boys were sent there together. His brother was his only family.
Back then, the orphanage director secretly leaked news that Jeremy planned to adopt a child. The director told all the kids to behave well and compete to be chosen by the Bartons.
Only that way could their lives truly change.
At the time, the Bartons were one of Haldoria’s four great families. Justin and the others didn’t know exactly how rich they were. But the director told them that whoever was adopted would always have meat to eat and would never be abandoned again.
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To make sure she’d be chosen, Susan–only eight years old–snuck into the kitchen during lunch break and poured rat poison into a pot of boiling bone broth.
Back then, meat was only served during holidays or when donors gave money. Because Jeremy planned to adopt a child, he had donated a large sum to the orphanage.
At dinner, Justin couldn’t bear to eat the meat on his plate, so he gave it to his younger brother instead.
That night, every child who ate the meat was poisoned. Three died, and seven were rushed to the hospital.
Justin’s brother had eaten more than most. He died on the way there.
Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
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