Olive didn’t expect to bring this up again out of the blue, really wanted to pull the door open and run away, how much did this man know, really afraid that what he had lied to him would be discovered.
Shane cleared his throat and the car window was raised, so it seemed like it was time to get down to business.
Space a closed instant atmosphere became tense, the oppressive feeling as if Olive heard his own heartbeat.
“Over the years, I’ve been around a lot of Olive, not a thousand but also five hundred, but in the end, I found to be false.”
Shane’s voice was smooth and unemotional, and he gradually lifted his head and looked ahead.
Olive of course knows what Shane means when he says this, but she can’t be too obvious, she needs to make Shane believe in himself.
“Mr. Lopez, what’s wrong, my nickname is Olive, what’s the problem?”
The words fell and Olive allowed herself to relax as much as possible.
Shane turned sideways to look directly at Olive, and she could feel the disdain and coldness in Shane’s eyes.
“There’s no problem with the name, but in my case, you’re not my Olive.”
Olive did her best not to show her panic.
“Mr. Lopez, what are you talking about? What exactly is it that you wanted to see me about?”
One didn’t dare to look someone in the eye when they were lying, but Olive just had to look Shane dead in the eye and make sure he believed her words.
At least she wasn’t completely lying, part of it was true.
For example, her nickname is Olive, and she did live next door to Turpin Village for a long time.
Shane’s eyelids were surprisingly covered, and he just closed his eyes and stopped making noise.
His mind flashed through a scene investigated Olive all the information: rural origin, living in Turpin Village next door, people around her called Olive.
It wasn’t like he hadn’t encountered this familiar scenario before, but this time Shane couldn’t tell if it was true or not, and so far it seemed to be.
“Have you ever been to Turpin Village?”
Olive had begun to respond with composure.
“Of course, often.”
Olive did not lie about this, as she was bullied by Alieen’s mother and daughter duo every day as a child, and often went to Turpin Village next door to fetch water and wash clothes.
But that’s about it, there are no special memories, because it was a really hard time when I was a kid.
Shane continued to ask questions, wanting to confirm the doubts in his mind.
“Did you know there was an orphanage in Turpin Village?”
Here we go, finally got to the point, Olive has been waiting for this moment for a long time.
“Of course I remember, as a child, I wish I could live there, then I would not have to work.”
Said Olive also pretended to lower his head helplessly smiled, as if to laugh at the year of ignorance and pathetic.
In fact, all this, Olive is not clear about the truth.
What orphanage, what Turpin Village, she has no impression at all.
These are the things Ware had in his hands, she understood and then went to inquire, otherwise he would certainly reveal himself.
Shane’s tone suddenly eased and his hands broke Olive’s shoulders in his direction, his eyes sincere and all but inquisitive.
“I’m interested in that orphanage, can you tell me about it? Maybe there’s someone you know?”
Olive was prepared for both; in addition to the information Ware had given her, she had sought out the facts of the time, checking not only the adoption records and all the information about the life Shane had lived at the time, including the people around him.
“Of course there were, but many couldn’t remember their names, and children in the countryside are called by their nicknames.”
Calling out names one by one was of course impossible and did not make sense, but Olive knew quite a bit about Shane.
“Will you play with them when you go to the next village?”
The man continued to ask.
“Well, that’s all the kids in the village, count ’em.”
Shane suddenly took a photo out of his breast pocket, and Olive understood that this was the next test.
The yellowed photo was broken at the edges, but the portrait was still very clear, and it was a group photo.
“Then look at this photo, there is no one you know?”
Although the tone was the same as usual, but a closer look Olive found that Shane actually had a hint of expectation and nervousness, which made her understand why the people who pretended before would be found out, because they had no idea about Shane’s time at Turpin Village Orphanage.
Without Ware’s first-hand details, Olive wasn’t actually too sure about impersonating Olive because the risks were so great.
Olive took the photos and slid her fingers over each of the young faces. In fact, she only recognized Shane as a child, because she really didn’t know anyone else.
Shane was in an orphanage as a child, the quality of life was very poor, short and small, and now very different, no one would recognize the little boy in the photo is the tall, handsome man in front of him without looking closely.
The man watched Olive’s finger gradually stop in front of her own avatar when she suddenly stopped.
“This little boy I remember, we often play together.”
Olive spoke of the man in the photo with great delight, looking up at Shane, the corners of her mouth rising to show her inner happiness.
Shane narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the person in front of him with amusement.
“Oh? Do you remember anything else?”
Olive understood that this boy was the man himself, the so-called Olive must mean a lot to him, so he himself had to hypnotize himself to be the real Olive.
“Sure, we used to play together when we were kids, his nickname was Felton, and he said that his teacher wanted him to flat Felton Ann.”
Yes, Shane certainly remember these things, Olive recounted the past and did not mean to stop.
“This little boy is very gentle, as a child I was beaten by my stepmother often went to him, he would comfort me, and I loved to spend time with him.”
Olive understands what the man is trying to prove, so she acts it out for him.
Shane looked at Olive who was alone remembering the past, her eyes narrowed like a crescent moon, the corners of her mouth turned up, and her words revealed her love and nostalgia for this little boy named Felton.
The sunlight hit her face, the skin is fine can see like a baby down, a moment Shane had a strange feeling, he wanted to grasp and can not grasp.
Felton, his name, was given by the orphanage teacher, hoping he would be safe and sound.
Shane, the name was only changed when he came to the Lopez Family.
Over the years, there have been many different kinds of Olive, but the one who can say the name Felton, Olive is the first.
Shane was a little excited inside, he already thought Olive was his Olive, but he was afraid that he was mistaken again, afraid that his hopes would be dashed again.
Was the girl in front of him the real Olive?
Before the matter was finalized, Shane decided to wait a little longer, time would tell.
“Okay, give me back the photo, go eat first.”