No More Waiting, She Chooses Love novel Chapter 674

Joe set his glass of water down and walked over. His gaze fixed on the old photograph hanging on the wall, "This is our family portrait, though now I'm the only one left."

"Family portrait?" I murmured, pointing at the little girl in a red dress, "Is she a family member too?"

"Yeah, that's my little sister. She was only two then," Joe's voice was deep and somber.

"Where is she now?" I asked, my breathing tight, a voice inside me wondering if I had gotten it all wrong.

Joe fell silent, and I grew anxious, "Uncle..."

"She went missing, the day we took this photo," Joe's words made my heart race.

"How did she go missing?" I found myself clutching at Joe's sleeve.

Lost in his memories, he stared at the photograph, "My parents said we were all so happy that day. After we took the photo, they even turned the photo keychain the studio made into a necklace for my sister and took us to an amusement park..."

"Later, my sister needed the restroom, and my mom took her. But my mom passed out in there, and by the time she woke up, my sister was gone..."

Hearing this, I was certain. My mom was Joe's lost sister.

My mom had told me she grew up in an orphanage, an orphan, and she always wore a keychain necklace around her neck.

Thinking about how tough my mom had it in the orphanage, I couldn't help but ask, "Did your family try to find her?"

"We searched like mad. My parents first camped out at the amusement park every day, then scoured the city, and eventually the whole country. My mom fell into depression over my sister's disappearance, even tried to end her life by jumping into a river. After dealing with my mom's funeral, my dad continued the search until he was killed in a car accident..."

I was stunned, feeling a chill run through me.

So, my mother's disappearance had shattered a once happy family.

"Did you continue the search?" I asked again.

Joe's face darkened, "I did. I asked Judie to post online, and she even suggested we try TV reunion shows, but... she ran into trouble just as she started working on it."