Lost Me, Gained Regret (Jane and Bryant Ferguson) novel Chapter 373

"Affirmative," the butler responded promptly.

It was clear as daylight that this 'Lilliana' was an impostor.

Panic struck 'Lilliana' as her eyes shimmered with tears. She glanced at me, then at Susan and Dorothy, before finally collapsing to her knees before Gregory. "Mr. Ford, please, have mercy on me! I should've never harbored such foolish dreams, never tried to pass off as something I'm not..."

Known for his short patience with others, Gregory furrowed his brows. "Whoever sent you, go beg them, not me."

"I..." Susan interjected sharply as Lilliana’s gaze drifted away, "Farley, what are you waiting for? Get her out of here! Ramona, frankly, we shouldn't even keep her around. Just send her back where she came from."

Ramona's eyes narrowed, piercing, but she didn't catch on to Susan's words. Instead, she turned to Gregory. "Greg, the DNA results from abroad must have come in by now, right?"

"Yes, they're due any minute." Gregory nodded and glanced at his watch, "Five minutes."

"Good." Ramona breathed a sigh of relief.

While waiting, the quiet in the hall was so deep.

I watched Gregory's expression, guessing at the outcome. My heart pounded like a drum, and my palms were sweaty over and over.

Susan and Dorothy visibly grew more anxious as time ticked by. Susan kept an eye on the clock. With two minutes left, Susan couldn't sit still any longer. She turned to Gregory and said, "Even if the reports from the two institutions differ, what does it prove? Are the foreign results infallible? Who's to say you didn't tamper with them to suit your ends..."

Gregory scoffed, "You worry too much. They got the foreign tests finished under constant surveillance. I even had them send over the video footage."