Chapter 488 Carved Out Of the Same Mold
Elspeth felt as if there was no need for a stupid DNA test. She could immediately tell that this person right before her was her birth mother.
"Madam, you…" Elspeth blurted, utterly overwhelmed by a tidal wave of emotions.
Before this, Elspeth only had a vague glance at Helen. Still, she felt a connection with the poor woman. She already knew that there were definitely some similarities between them, so she was convinced that Helen was her mother.
After all, they had the same blood and a similar face, so there was no room for doubt.
And now, the woman in front of her looked as if she was carved out of the same mold as Elspeth!
"Madam, what's your name?"
The woman in front of her couldn't control her emotions any longer, and her tears fell from her eyes. "Helia Joneson."
When Elspeth heard her name, she wasn't just shocked. The reveal was so out of this world that she froze in utter astonishment.
Helia Joneson?
Wasn't she the aunt who jumped off a building and died?
"Are you sure? Didn't you commit suicide decades ago?"
Right now, Elspeth couldn't even bother to word her sentence nicely as she all but pressed for answers.
"I did commit suicide more than 20 years ago, but I didn't die." Helia sighed. "The thing is…"
Finally, Helia sat on the couch and opened up to the couple about what happened to her in detail.
Twenty-five years ago, Helia had always been a meek girl. She seldom left the Joneson Residence.
Her elder sister Helen had always been the one dazzling everyone else. She was beautiful, confident, and generous. But, above all that, she was also loved by many.
Although Helia wasn't inferior appearance-wise, she had none of the courage her sister possessed. Therefore, as time passed by, she became more introverted and was almost like a hidden princess from ancient times.
She would spend most of her time tending to flowers, writing poems, and painting. She had almost no contact with the outside world.
Therefore, she didn't have any contact with the opposite sex at all.
By the age of twenty-three, Helen suddenly insisted on marrying a poor sculptor, Davion Lynwood. He was Elspeth's adoptive father.
After Michael learned about this, he was furious and locked Helen at home. He refused to let her out to meet Davion.
In Michael's heart, his eldest daughter was his most promising child. He hoped that his daughter would live well by marrying a man with great character and talent who hailed from a prestigious family background. Someone who could give her the best the world could offer, a man who had everything and would do anything for her.
Finally, he gave Davion an ultimatum. As long as Davion could give a total of 300 million dollars as a bridal price, Michael would bless their union.
However, Davion was just a small sculptor. Although he was somewhat famous, he was still young. Without the fame and acclaim of those renowned sculptors, how could those sculptures actually sell well?
So, on that fateful day, the two lovebirds were forcibly separated.
At that time, Theodore Winthrop from Damoria came over to ask for her hand in marriage. Theodore's father was very famous at the time, be it in Damoria or Blaydal. It was said that all the young girls were interested in him and would do anything to marry him.
Michael was delighted with his new son-in-law, so he immediately arranged a marriage with Helen.
In order to avoid any mishaps from happening, he even set the date of their marriage to be over by the month's end.
Unfortunately, on the night of the wedding, Helen and Davion had planned to elope. There was also another person involved in the plan, and it was none other than Helia, who had never done anything out of line.
"At the time, I saw that my sister was so insistent on marrying her lover that she slowly wasted away as the days went by. So, I helped them plan an escape. Well, you could say that I was the key piece for their entire plan to work."
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