“Second Madam Gale?”
Emily was stunned when she saw who was at the door. Why did Sasha come to her at such an hour? Sasha’s eyes locked onto her face. Although she had seen it during the day, she was still surprised every time she looked at Emily.
“Do you know a woman named Talia ?” Sasha asked.
Emily froze and moved to the side. “Second Madam Gale, come in and have a seat.”
It was not polite to block someone at the door. Sasha did not miss the surprised look in Emily’s eyes. She walked into the room, sat down on a chair, and looked at Emily, who closed the door after her.
Sasha smiled and asked, “So, do you know Talia?”
“Why do you ask?” Emily was always cautious when someone asked about her mother.
“You look like her.”
Sasha stared at the precautionary look in Emily’s eyes and continued to say, “I used to know her very well, and every time she went out on a date with my brother, I covered for them.”
“Your brother… Third Young Master Gale?”
How could that be? Were her mom and Harley in love? Then, how on earth did Kate become Harley’s woman? Emily’s mind was in a mess. She seemed to have figured out some problems, and yet things seemed impossible. She was not Old Master Gale’s granddaughter! She did the test, and the report was out!
“Don’t you know?” Sasha’s eyes flashed, and eventually, her face sank.
“Is Wendy also Talia’s daughter? But I could see Kate treats her very well, even better than a mother.”
She stared at Emily sharply, so that she would not miss any expression on her face that would indicate a lie.
“Did you say that Wendy is Talia’s daughter?” Emily opened her eyes wide in shock. What?!
She thought that Kate had a secret relationship with Harley and then gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, Wendy, without Charles’s knowledge. Emily had suspected that she was the Gale family’s real granddaughter. She had the same thought as Sasha.
Did Wendy, Kate, and Charles join forces to steal her identity? However, her suspicion was completely crushed earlier that day. The DNA test report between her and Old Master Gale showed that they were not related, so she could only accept the fact that Wendy was the Gale family’s real granddaughter.
She had been puzzled as she could not figure out why Charles still treated Kate so well after he found out that the woman had betrayed him. In hindsight, she knew that Charles was willing to do anything as long as it benefited him. Kate might have betrayed him, but if the mother and daughter could bring him benefits, why would he not continue to please them? She had let the matters lie as she was convinced with her theory.
What did Sasha mean? Why did she say that Wendy was Talia’s daughter?
Emily hid the shock in her mind and greeted Sasha’s exploring gaze resolutely.
“I don’t know anything that happened between the older generation. I am just here to join the fun.”
“Little girl, are you putting up your guard against me?” Sasha smiled faintly.
That little girl was only about 18 or 19 years old, but she was more mature than her age. Her train of thought did not fit someone her age.
“Second Madam Gale, I don’t understand what you mean.” Emily blinked innocently.
She was cautious, indeed. Before things were made clear to her, she dared not speak out her mind. A big mouth could court disasters, and that was a taboo for big and prominent families.
“Talia and Harley were in love, but my dad objected to their relationship. As a result, they eloped, and later, Talia gave birth to a daughter.
“My brother, Harley, was involved in a car accident, and Talia and their daughter had been missing since then.
“My father didn’t know that he had a granddaughter until six months ago when we were organizing Harley’s things and discovered that Harley had had a daughter.”
“We have been searching for her since then before we found out that Talia had lived with Charles and Kate when she was alive.”
Emily squeezed her fists tightly. She had not expected that! They had found Wendy through her mother, Talia! None of that had anything to do with Kate. Her mother was the one who was with Harley, not Kate!
Nonetheless, she was not the Gale family’s granddaughter! Did her mother not get pregnant with Harley’s child? Perhaps the old master was wrong?
As for the DNA test of the old master and Wendy, her people must have tampered with the result. Those people had benefited through her mother’s relationship with the Gale family.
Sasha got up from the chair and walked toward her. Emily was on high-alert, and she took two steps backward, to put some distance between them.
“Second Madam Gale, may I ask what other matters do you have with me?” she asked with a blank expression.
“Are you Kate’s daughter? Why didn’t we hear that you are Talia’s daughter?”
The old master had pieced together the information, and he went to Bentson on a mission to bring back a child named Emily. Instead, Sasha was perplexed that the old master brought Wendy back with him.
However, Joseph had explained that they did the DNA test personally. No one in the Gale family doubted Joseph’s explanation at that time. Well, Sasha had not suspected it as well, not before she saw Emily. After that, she was sure that something had gone wrong.
Emily knew what she wanted to do, so she smiled and shook her head. “I am not Old Master Gale’s granddaughter, I have done my own DNA test as well.”
“What?” Sasha frowned as she stared at the younger woman with a puzzled expression.
“If I were his granddaughter, do you think that I would not want to acknowledge my grandfather?”
Emily smiled calmly. If she had proof that she was his granddaughter, she would have exposed Wendy’s scheme. At that moment, she realized that Wendy was also not Old Master Gale’s granddaughter. She had not figured out how to deal with the matter, so she could not act so rashly.
What if someone in the Gale family was Wendy’s accomplice? What if someone from the Gale family had falsified the DNA report for Wendy and Old Master Gale’s test? Her mind was in a mess. The only thing that she was sure was that she did not want Old Master Gale to get hurt nor cheated.
He had finally found his granddaughter at such an old age. Would his heart take it if he found out that everything was a lie? If she chose to keep quiet about it, Wendy might continue to benefit from Old Master Gale. She might even get Gale Corporation’s share. Emily dared not think about that. What would happen to Old Master Gale if that were to happen? She looked at Sasha and squeezed her fists tightly.
“Actually, you don’t need to spend more time on me. I have done the test, and I am not Gale family’s granddaughter, but…”
She slowed down and said with a poker face, “Why don’t you start with Wendy? Is it that difficult to know if she’s Old Master Gale’s granddaughter?”