Shattered Illusions Love Lies and Redemption (Lizetta and Remington) novel Chapter 1056

"Did that Porter woman really donate a kidney to your mother?" Remington asked, looking at Jerome.

When Remington first read Eartha's file and saw that she had donated a kidney to Elsa, he had found it highly unusual.

While the Porter family wasn't quite on the Madden family's level in Tranquil Meadows, they were still a prominent, wealthy household.

Mr. Porter had built his empire alongside Nelson, and Nelson had always taken good care of the Porters.

Eartha was a wealthy heiress in her own right. For a woman of her status to willingly donate an organ to someone she wasn't blood-related to was unheard of.

Either it was a case of unimaginably profound sisterhood, or Eartha was playing an exceptionally long, calculating game.

Looking at the aftermath—Elsa passing away prematurely, Eartha taking over Elsa's company, and seamlessly slipping into the roles of wife and mother to Elsa's family—it was clear Eartha's payout had been massive.

But Nelson was not a man who could be easily fooled.

Lizetta stared intensely at Jerome; this was a question she had been dying to ask as well.

"Yes, she absolutely donated a kidney to Elsa."

Jerome's answer was firm.

"Is it possible she faked it? Could she have found a matching kidney on the black market, bribed the surgeons, and just put on a show?"

Lizetta couldn't shake the theory.

She found it impossible to believe that a woman who would ultimately sleep with her best friend's husband would sacrifice an organ to save her.

After Elsa died, Eartha stepped in and managed countless affairs for the Madden family. Nelson even trusted her to raise Elsa's child.

It was precisely because Eartha was co-parenting Andrea that she and Conrad spent so much time together, eventually leading to their affair.

By the time Nelson found out, Andrea recognized only Eartha as her mother, crying and screaming for Eartha to marry Conrad so they could be a real family.

Elsa had only been gone for two or three years at that point. Nelson was absolutely furious. He beat Conrad within an inch of his life.

He broke one of Conrad's legs, putting him in the hospital for ages, but even that couldn't force them apart. Between Mr. Porter begging for leniency and Andrea throwing tantrums...

Eventually, Nelson had no choice but to cave and let them marry. However, after that, Nelson steadily distanced himself from Eartha.

Nelson had originally wanted to bring Andrea to live with him, but Eartha had already successfully manipulated the child's affections. Andrea refused to be separated from her parents. Pitying the fact that she lost her mother so young, Nelson couldn't bear to rip her away. So, he settled for having Conrad drop Andrea off at the estate on weekends."