She never would have guessed Lucinda would react like this after finding out the truth. Hadn’t she always treated her well? Couldn’t she be Lucinda’s mother?
Lydia spoke up again, her voice cold and steady. “Grace, you sent your own daughter to live with the Norwoods. Even if you stayed close, she still won’t recognize you as her mother. So what was the point?”
“That’s impossible!” Lucinda suddenly screamed. “You’re lying! How could Grace be my real mom? She’s always been there for me, always doing what’s best for me, but that was just to make sure I became the real Norwood heiress. So I could marry Connor!”
Grace lunged forward, pulling Lucinda into a tight grip. Her nails dug painfully into Lucinda’s shoulders. “Yes, that’s right. Everything I did is for you. The Norwood fortune, the engagement to Connor, all of it is yours, my daughter. If we get rid of Lydia, everything will belong to you.”
Lucinda couldn’t take it anymore. She shoved Grace away and shouted, “Why? If I’m your daughter, why did you make me live with the Norwoods? Why did you stay in my life at all? What was the real reason for all of this?”
She never expected that tonight would be the night she found out the truth about who she really was.
Grace’s tears spilled over. She hadn’t expected Lydia to lay everything out in the open like this, forcing Lucinda to face it all at once. Grace had planned to handle Lydia first, then sit down and talk to her daughter about everything.
“Lucinda, I wrote it all in that letter, but things got messed up and you lost it. I never meant to keep this from you for so long. I had my reasons. It’s really complicated.”
It finally clicked for Lucinda. That’s why Grace had given her the black card and the phone. Everything started to make sense.

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done reading lydia's story. thank you for sharing it....
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Olha a história bem boa só algumas coisas são chatas ( nesse tipo de história sempre troca as filhas pela a da empregada ou então pegam uma menina pra criar) pelo menos eles tratam a filha bem só enche o saco que até agora a Lucinda tá lá enchendo ! Fora isso tá bom Connor é um fofo a família dela a ama muito só Lucinda pra abaixar o nível do livro já era pra ter resolvido isso e fazer ela pagar mais tudo bem li um livro chinês que era parecido só algumas coisas diferentes ,ais mesma coisa tipo ela salvou o Connor no início lá ela salvava o avô dele , no chinês ela não tinha um irmão mais novo com os pais adotivos , a mãe dela tinha 2 irmãos e todos os avós estavam vivos mais história quase igual e tem coisas tipo o triângulo que lá TB tinha até a Lucinda que no chines TB ficou o livro todo aprontando só no final a família descobria e se livrava dela aí ela ia morar com o cara que ela usa pra disfarçar que não gosta do Connor aí depois ainda quase matava a irmã dele e a mãe dele que ele via como ela era...
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the next chapter is exciting...
the next upload is exciting. i cant wait....
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