Adriana sat down on the couch and asked, “Aren’t they all coming back to stay with Hayley and my brother?”
“Oh, they are all young people, they don’t care about me. They bought me a new house, but I’m just a wife, playing cards, what else can I do? I don’t feel comfortable living with them.”
Thelma poured a glass of water, handed it to Adriana, surveyed her and sighed, “I haven’t seen you in years, I didn’t recognize you.
“Hayley and my brother don’t know who I am, you … must help me keep it a secret.”
Adriana looked at her and said with some embarrassment.
Can’t really figure out why Harlee would tell Thelma who she is.
Thelma stood in front of her, looking at her with a kind and amiable gaze, a gentleness that Adriana had not seen since she was a child.
She turned around and went into the bedroom.
A good half day later came out again, walking out with a large red scented bag in her hand and handing something to Adriana.
“What is this?”
Adriana looked at her, a little puzzled.
“Haven’t you always wanted to know who you are, here, just take a look.” She shoved something into Adriana’s hand and sat down next to her, her eyes unblinkingly staring at Adriana, “You, ah, since childhood, are a poor child with a hard life.”
Having been accustomed to Thelma’s sharpness and brutality, her attitude suddenly swung around, making Adriana a little uncomfortable.
Adriana opened the scented bag and pulled something out of it.
Jingle Bell-
Something emits a crisp ringing sound, pull it out and see that it is a long life lock.
Gold!
Other families have silver long-life locks, while this one is gold.
Adriana wrinkled her brow in suspicion, tilted her head at Thelma and asked, “Is this mine?”
Didn’t you say she was a found child?
That era lost a child is most likely the family does not have money to raise children, how can there be a solid gold long-life lock?
A series of questions drifted through Adriana’s mind, leaving her puzzled.
“Back then I picked you up and you had this long life lock on you.”
Thelma explained.
Adriana took the long-life lock and looked at it, there was no difference at all, but it was engraved with a ‘Gu’!
At that moment, her pupils shrank slightly and her brain exploded in a buzz.
“This … this is mine?”
Adriana was completely confused.
“Is it, I do not know, only that I picked you up when I already had it on my body. Specifically, you have to go back and ask Gu Gongzi.”
“Mr. Gu? Harlee?”
Adriana’s face became even more gloomy, looking at her with suspicion, “Harlee told you about my identity? How did she get in touch with you? How did he know you had something of mine in your possession? And, did he, did he threaten you to do anything?”
For Harlee, Adriana has always been on the defensive.
Even now that the real face has gradually emerged, Adriana is still worried that everything will not be Harlee’s game, or whether it is an elaborate plan.
Thelma shook her head, “That’s all I know.”
Since she didn’t say anything, Adriana knew it was unlikely that she would want to ask Thelma anything more.
Since this, she didn’t linger much.
Just know that there are many things that Thelma must know and just doesn’t want to tell her.
He took a bank card and put it on the table, “Here’s some money, enough for your usual use.”
The moment that bank card was taken out, Thelma was surprised.
“What are you … doing with this? Take it back, I can’t use it.”
Thelma smiled, and with a kind smile, slipped the bank card into Adriana’s hand, “All these years, I owe you.”
The more she said that, the more suspicious Adriana’s heart became.
Squeak-
While Thelma was talking, the door to the living room was suddenly pushed open.
“Mom, I’ve told you many times, you should not come to the company anymore, I …”
Hayley pushed open the door and yelled, but suddenly she saw ‘Lawson’ sitting in the living room of their house.
This …
It was simply more unexpected than winning the lottery.
“Mr. Boone, what are you … doing here?”
Hayley’s jaw dropped and she walked up to the two men on her heels, “What are you talking about?”
At the moment she appeared, Adriana had already retrieved her bank card, so Hayley only saw the gifts sitting by the door.
“Hey, what are you yelling about, Mr. Boone came over to discuss something with me, what are you yakking about?”
Thelma, who just now had a gentle, virtuous and kind face, instantly reverted to her usual spirited image.
“Don’t apologize to Mr. Boone yet.”
She reprimanded.
Hayley was on cloud nine and couldn’t figure out why ‘Lawson’ was here, she just looked at ‘him’ and arched her back woodenly, “Mr. Boone, sorry, didn’t know you were here.”
Adriana stood up and gave Hayley a cold glance, “It’s New Year’s Eve, I just came to see your mother. All right, it’s late, I’m leaving.”
After she finished, she walked straight away without looking back.
Thelma and Hayley didn’t follow suit.
At the moment she closed the door, Thelma’s voice came from the room, “You dead girl, to your company to point money what is wrong, for nothing to raise you so big.”
“Mom, you just gave you the money before and you’re done gambling again. How much money can I give you to withstand you making so much!”
…
The sounds inside continued.
Adriana stepped down the stairs, looking at the long life lock in her hand as she walked.
Despite her reluctance to admit everything, the truth has come to the surface.
She … is from the Soto family, Harlee’s sister!
The thought had crossed her mind a long time ago, but at the time it only seemed absurd.
Now that I think about it, Harlee seems to have known all along.
The meeting took place upstairs at the YA Law Firm that year, and I’m afraid it was a carefully planned ‘chance encounter’ with Harlee.
Not long after walking, the phone rang.
It’s Hayley on the phone.
“What is it?” She asked.
“Mr. Boone, that … you … you didn’t say anything to my mother, did you?”
Hayley must have had time to call him after the fight with Thelma.
“You’re worrying too much, I’m just going over to see your mother. Don’t forget, I’m Adriana’s friend, and since I’m back in Waverly, I have to go over there for good reason.”
“Oh, oh, that’s right. Then … I’ll leave you alone.”
When she finished speaking, Hayley hung up the phone in one fell swoop, hanging up in a hurry as if she was worried that ‘Lawson’ would say something else to her.
Adriana took a taxi back to the Waterside Terrace apartment and was getting ready to get out and pack her bags to go find Vivian and the others.
Who knew that several people with uncomplicated identities appeared right in front of the apartment and seemed to come over very early.
Seeing her appear, she immediately came over.
“Is this Mr. Boone, please?”
A man at the head of the group asked.
Adriana sized them up, “You guys are …”
“Mr. Henderson asked us to come over. We’ve been waiting for you here for a long time, could you come with us?”