Anyway, it didn't matter because she had to stay behind either way and look after the two kids.
Andrew nodded and said, "Wait for me here."
"Okay," Ashley replied.
She didn't pay much attention to the guards who haven't stopped arguing with Harvey on all sorts of things. Instead, she wiped Dany's hair carefully with a piece of tissue.
"Well, let me take a look on the other side of your face, and see if we missed anything."
Ashley told Dany after wiping one side.
Dany nodded and turned her head obediently to give her a better view.
Ashley wiped Dany's hair gently, and in the process accidentally touched Dany's ear, but she didn't put much thought to it.
Then she hesitated with her hand midair and inspected the ear closely.
Ashley saw the mole on Dany's left ear, which was the same as the birthmark on Fabio's right ear.
Ashley suddenly felt as if time had stopped moving and everything was happening in slow motion. She started hyperventilating and tried to take in deep breaths so that she wouldn't scare Dany.
She stopped what she was doing and closed her eyes, as if trying to command her emotions to behave.
But Ashley was fighting a losing battle. The handkerchief that she had clutched in her clammy hands had dropped to the floor. She stared at the mole on Dany's ear with her eyes erratically glossing over each angle of the ear.
The surprise, doubt and shock she was feeling were all portrayed in her glass eyes. Her heart almost exploding from her chest, she tried to lift her hand to touch the ear, but it was shaking too much.
This was her Tangyuan.
This was her daughter, her long lost daughter, there was no way she could be mistaken!
Ashley suddenly hugged Dany tightly, "Baby, my daughter, my baby."
She choked on her words trying to desperately hold on to her tears because she knew that as soon as they started streaming from her eyes, it would never stop.
All of a sudden, Dany was tightly held in Ashley's arms. She, in turn, wrapped into Ashley's arms in a hug that almost squeezed all the air out of her little lungs.
Although Dany didn't understand what was going on, she liked being close to Ashley. So she stayed in Ashley's arms, quietly savoring the moment.
After a long while, Ashley let go of the little girl and looked at her with all the gentleness and care in the world.
Dany blinked and looked at Ashley. In the past, Ashley always looked at her with gentleness, but today was the first time that she had looked at her like this.
She was giving her, the same gentle and loving look she always gave Fabio.
"Auntie are you okay?"
Dany asked, looking confused.
Ashley replied while gently rubbing Dany's face, "Baby, I'm not your auntie. I'm your mommy. You're my daughter1"
"But my daddy said that I didn't have a mommy," Dany replied.
She wasn't sure what Ashley was talking about, but Dany really wanted Ashley to be her mother. She didn't understand did she felt so strange.
"Your daddy? Was he the one who came to pick you up at the villa before?" Ashley asked as her eyes darkened.
"Yes, that's my daddy,"
Dany answered.
"No, he can't be your daddy. The man who was sitting right next to mommy just now is your real daddy," Ashley said with force.
"No way! He is my daddy! I have lived with him since I was a little girl," Dany said. Her face was turning red with every statement she made.
She was a little unhappy at the affront on the only daddy she knew.
Ashley lowered her head and thought, 'Tangyuan is my daughter, my daughter with Andrew. But now she calls another man, her daddy.'
Dany noticed that Ashley had lowered her head, looking upset. She didn't want to make Ashley unhappy. However, she also loved Cayn very much and she didn't want anything to separate her from her daddy.
She also became upset at the thought.
"Auntie, I'm sorry," Dany said in a low voice.
Ashley looked up and smiled at her. "It's okay, don't worry, everything is going to be fine."
She pulled Dany closer to her chest and held her tightly.
Ashley had finally found her daughter. She wanted to weep with joy.
Even if her daughter was calling someone else 'daddy', it was not a big deal.
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