What confirmed his suspicion was the sight of how agitated she was when she saw the jade pendant. What else could explain her bizarre reaction?
“Are you saying that her name is Queta? Does she really look exactly like me?”
The woman said excitedly.
“That’s right. She gave me this jade pendant. She yearns to find her own mother, from whom she has separated years ago. She’d always been alone since then. Her life is filled with suffering, with neither good meals nor proper clothes. She grew up in an orphanage for crying out loud!”
Gerald said.
The woman burst into tears again.
As she was crying, she plopped down on a chair feebly.
“Are you finally ready to admit it? You’re Xara, aren’t you?”
Gerald asked.
And that woman covered her face with her palms as she nodded. “I am!”
After that, she stood up immediately. She grabbed Gerald’s arms. “I’m begging you. Please let me meet Queta. I don’t care whose side you’re on. I promise I’ll come with you as long as I get to see my baby girl!”
Xara sobbed as she spoke.
Finally, the thing which had been troubling his mind was finally defeated.
He found Xara just like that.
“Auntie Fenderson, don’t worry. I’ll definitely let you meet Queta. I’ve brought her along with me to Salford Province!”
Frankly-speaking, Gerald felt ecstatic at that moment.
He had fulfilled his mission. The most important thing was that he had finally found Queta’s mother.
“Does Queta come too? Where is she?”
Xara said.
“She’s staying at the villa where I’m living currently.” The moment Gerald met Xara, he felt that she was oddly friendly to him for some inexplicable reason. He asked, “Auntie Fenderson, I know that you were a famous beauty in the past. Did something happen to you after that?”
“By the way, young man, what’s your name? I heard how Mindy addressed you just now. Is your name Gerald Crawford? Do you belong to the Crawford family from Northbay?”
Xara asked.
“I…”
Gerald was surprised by how quickly this woman picked up information.
He was hesitant to reply to her question.
“You must be. I know that you were the one who called those helicopters over. Wasn’t that the satellite communication device that belongs to your family? Which generation of the Crawford family do you belong to? Do you know Peter Crawford?”
Xara asked a few questions in rapid succession.
Gerald gave up his attempt to keep up the act. It seems like no secret could escape from this woman.
He then said, “I don’t know which generation I belong to in the Crawford family. I’ve never heard about Peter Crawford too. But I know that there’s someone from the Crawford family who wants to meet you. Auntie Fenderson, There is one condition you must fulfill after I reunite you with Queta. You must come with me no matter what!”
“Hmph! You do belong to the Crawford family after all. I understand, Gerald. I’ll go with you after I meet my daughter. I’m aware that the grudge arose because of the two of us back then. Perhaps it’s finally time for us to resolve the misunderstanding, no?”
Xara touched Gerald’s head just like she was patting her child.
After that, she said, “But Gerald, I have my own condition too. I don’t know what kind of relationship you have with my niece—Jasmine. But I want you to promise me that you will never expose my identity to the public especially to the Fenderson family. Is that okay?”
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