The resemblance was truly uncanny.
An icy shiver ran through Diana.
If she had been an orphan, she might have consoled herself with the thought that maybe her real parents were great. But now she realized that she was the daughter of a servant, and she found it hard to accept.
-“It’s not unusual for the world to be full of people who look alike,” Diana said in a nervous voice, and afraid to look into Doria’s eyes.
Doria expected her to say that and pulled a hair.
-If you don’t believe me, you can take a DNA test. It will surely come out that the two of us are related.
Her confident attitude made Diana’s heart sink to the bottom.
Diana now believed 80% of what Doria said.
She grabbed the woman’s gray hair and stood still with a complicated expression.
-Are you my mother?
-Of course not! -Doria hastened to reply, “I’m very old, how could I have given birth to you? I am your grandmother.
Suddenly, Diana felt a little better listening to him.
Doria had not called her “Miss Diana” since she uttered these words in front of Diana, and she spoke to her with familiarity.
-Your mother was born out of wedlock back then. In our time, social customs were not so open. If people knew, your mother could not live in peace, so I had to leave my daughter, and run away to Jerala City to work on my own. I have been serving Grandmother Thorn for many years, and I begged her for several years to help me find my daughter,” Doria said these words with guilt in her voice. Grandmother Espina finally heard from her, but unfortunately she had already died. I didn’t expect her to die so young, I never treated her well since she was born. So when I heard about you, I wanted to give you everything I had and provide you with the best life I could, but I’m just a maid and can only do so much. You were destined to be belittled again when you followed me.
Diana was surprised and Doria continued:
-Then Albina was born, and because her grandmother saw that I was attentive, she let me take care of her. I saw with my own eyes how a baby received something that no one could earn in a lifetime, and this made me decide.
-Doria… No, grandmother, did Albina’s disappearance have something to do with you! -Diana asked astonished.
Before she had thought that Albina’s disappearance could be related to the enemies of the Espina family or even to the guests who had come to the party, but she hadn’t expected that the culprit was Doria.
Doria nodded with a fierce look.
-I had been planning it for a long time and finally found the opportunity. The driver in charge of the kitchen shopping was a compatriot of mine. We had worked in this family for many years, and we already knew where each camera was located. We had rehearsed it many times beforehand and worked closely together on the day of the banquet to bring Albina out. At first I wanted him to kill Albina, but he was too cowardly, and when he saw that Albina was bleeding from the back of her neck, he didn’t even go over to check and ran away.
Pity surfaced on Doria’s face.
-She hadn’t expected that such a little girl could be so lucky to not only survive, but find the Espina family.
The more Diana listened, the more alarmed she became.
If the Espina family knew, not only would Doria not be able to escape, but so would she.
“My grandmother almost killed Albina! She lost someone’s daughter and spent so many years in the Espina family putting her own granddaughter in. How can the Espina family stand this humiliation!”
Doria did not notice her granddaughter’s nervous look and continued:
-I had my compatriot take Albina away and then I pretended I had just found out and told the Espina’s. They were looking for her like crazy for a few days and I was afraid that I would be found out.
The Espina family had been suspicious of her, but she was very meticulous in her every move. She had raised Albina and never did anything wrong to her.
Doria gave the impression of being too honest, so Grandma Espina didn’t link Albina’s disappearance to her once they checked surveillance.
In the end, Doria was relieved.
She desperately wanted to bring her granddaughter in, but she was afraid that Grandma would know details.
At first, she just wanted her granddaughter to appear more in front of the Espina’s so that they would transfer their thoughts about their daughter to Diana.
But to her surprise, after the loss of her granddaughter, Grandma Espina soon passed away from illness.
With her death, no one but her would know that Diana was Doria’s granddaughter.
Seeing that Bianca was in a trance after losing her daughter, Doria deliberately urged her to go out and rest while she devised a series of plans to make Diana Bianca’s savior, and then see her adopted by the Espina family.
Once her goal was achieved, Doria wanted to meet Diana countless times, but she did not tell her the truth until now because she was afraid that Diana would not be able to keep the secret because of her young age.
When Doria finished speaking, Diana sat on the sofa with her head covered with sweat and her face pale.
She used to resent Albina taking her place and would have blamed her for returning home, but now she couldn’t even think about it, let alone resent it.
“Albina disappeared because of my grandmother’s plan.”
Diana was the one who owed Albina from the beginning, and she wasn’t even in a position to complain.
-It’s over, it’s over,” Diana put her fingers to her forehead with a sore head.
Doria finally snapped out of her thoughts at seeing her like that and quickly asked worriedly:
-Diana, what’s wrong with you?
Diana jerked back a few steps at her touch, and her whole body was about to fall off the couch.
-Don’t touch me!
Doria’s hand froze in the air and she looked at Diana with a sad expression.
Diana swallowed saliva, looked at Doria’s kind face and felt a little afraid.
She knew she was not a good person, but Doria was devious.
Diana saw no hint of remorse in Doria’s eyes, not even a hint of guilt for everything she did to Albina.
That was what was scary.