After Georgia left with Elsie.
Elsie and Ivan couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
“You killed it like a boss back there.”
Elsie patted Georgia’s shoulder, her tones praising.
“Sierra’s face was about to twist off. To be honest, that felt great.”
Elsie continued, while Ivan chuckled too.
“That took a lot for me not to laugh out loud.”
As Ivan’s parents, Marcel and Joanna didn’t quite understand. The two didn’t know Georgia that well, but she had been respectful with them, calling them Aunt and Uncle right out the door.
Joanne couldn’t help but ask questions with her face full of concern.
“You haven’t done anything illegal, have you? I don’t think you’re a bad person, Miss Lane, but I just found it strange that you have a marriage certificate with Robert. And Sierra happens to have one too? I don’t understand what’s happening in between.”
Marcel chimed in mildly.
“No matter what you do, don’t leave anything for them to exploit. Robert is gone. No matter what, staying uninvolved and protecting yourself is the most important thing.”
Seems like both Marcel and Joanna suspected them of faking the certificate.
Georgia looked seriously at Ivan’s parents.
“I’m calling you Aunt and Uncle, Aunt and Uncle, because I really am Robert’s wife. I went to civil services to get the certificate together, and there are no legal loopholes or faked evidence. The other Simpsons will definitely go to civil services to check, and they’ll soon find that I’m Robert’s real wife.”
At that, both Marcel and Joanna relaxed.
“I’m just worried that you want to stick it to Sierra and went too far in revenge. If that’s not the case, we can relax.”
As Joanna said that, though, Marcel suddenly thought of a problem, and his face registered worry.
“If Sierra’s still playing her game, Wesley and Maisie are still living in the mansion. Is she going to do something to them? No, I have to get back and take them away. We can’t let this woman use them as hostages…”
Before Marcel could finish, Ivan hurriedly comforted his father.
“Don’t worry, Dad, before we came today, I sent people over to pick up the old lady and Wesley. Sierra should have discovered the truth now. Get in the car, and we can chat about the details.”
Georgia took Elsie with her and sat down on Ivan’s lengthened Lincoln. With them all inside, Marcel asked another confused question.
“Did you plan this from the beginning? Then you must have suspected Sierra all this time. Both you and Miss Lane knew you had the right certificate, and you were only waiting to see what Sierra would do, weren’t you?”
Georgia and Ivan nodded.
“We planned this together. Sierra styled herself as the person who saved Robert’s life and acted all along like she was gentle and kind, so we wanted to see if she would show her face over the inheritance. If she really did go with Robert’s will as she’d said before without any fraudulent behavior, then we’ve misunderstood her. If she got together with someone else and tried to overturn the will, that only proves she was acting all along. We wanted specifically to drag it out to a time like this and show the certificate, ruining all her efforts.”
At that, Joanna’s tone grew concerned.
“Where are Maisie and Wesley now, then? Isn’t Wesley Sierra’s son? Taking him away like that might set her off. She could even go to the police.”
“Don’t worry, Mom. Wesley isn’t Sierra’s birth son. She’s been lying about that from the beginning. That’s also why Robert suspected her, and why he got back together with Georgia and went and had their marriage certified. Even before his accident, he knew something was up with Sierra. Who do you think he really loves?”
Ivan finished, and Joanna showed a kind smile.
“When I met you last year, Miss Lane, I felt you were a firm, confident person. It’s easy to see why Robert liked you. Then there was the accident and he came back after losing his memory. I always thought it was a pity you didn’t end up together, but you did. It’s just such a shame…”
Joanna didn’t finish, but Georgia could already guess that she was probably lamenting how much they’d gone through only for Robert to pass on anyway.
Every time Georgia heard such sentiments now, she grew guilty.
After all, she already knew that Robert was alive, but she couldn’t say it, so she dipped her head and went silent.
She didn’t know how to express her emotions in a situation like this, and believing that she was sad, everyone went quiet too.
Because of that conversation, Georgia’s thoughts turned to Travis.
Travis was the one who’d told her about Wesley’s DNA test, but because she’d had her hands full with Sierra, she still hadn’t seen him after she got back, or asked him why she’d given her the wrong result.
Georgia was quite hung up over that, and she had to meet him and ask about his reasons.
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