Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

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Daisy was practically hurled into the room by the bodyguard, her eyes widening at the sight of the voice recorder

next to Lizetta. She spun on her heel, attempting to flee, only to be shoved back hard, crashing at Remington's

feet.

"Are you gonna spill the beans, or do | need to have someone teach you how to talk?" The man's voice was ice

cold, echoing from above.

Daisy shivered, realizing Lizetta must have heard everything. There was no hiding it now, and she burst into

tears.

"It was Hans! Yes, it was all Hans' idea! When the Hawthorne family suspected a mix-up with the kids, they first

did a DNA test with Eve, confirming that Eve was indeed their biological daughter. Then, Hans took a lock of

Lizetta's hair for a DNA comparison.

The results shocked us. Lizetta wasn't our Gardenia child either.

Hans said our daughter was lost for good. If the Hawthornes found out Lizetta wasn't a Gardenia, they would

surely take both girls in.

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That would leave the Gardenias with no daughters at all. He argued it was better to just claim Lizetta as our

own..."

Lizetta's fists clenched tighter, her arms trembling with tension.

She glared at Daisy, "Oh, really? It was all Hans' idea? Then why has Evelina been sending you money all these

years?"

Daisy scrambled for an explanation: "Hans told Eve right away that you weren't a Gardenia child.

Eve was only six but clever beyond her years. She begged Hans not to tell Kevin and Elara, crying that you were

so accomplished, they wouldn't even notice her if you stayed with the Hawthornes!

She promised to treat us like her own parents forever if we kept you, giving us the allowance the Hawthornes

provided her every month.

Feeling indebted to Eve, the Hawthornes loaded a bank card with six years' worth of allowances and gave it to

her. Eve handed that card to Hans right away.

Hans used that money to fake a paternity test, saying it would keep Eve paying and, since you were such a

beauty, we could eventually cash in a hefty dowry. The Gardenias cout ahead either way..." Lizetta's gaze

turned even colder as she stared at Daisy.

Daisy knew Lizetta was tough, always blunt with her, and now knowing she wasn't her birth mother, Daisy feared

the worst.

She crawled to Lizetta's feet,

begging, Liz, mom... no, no, | swear | had no part in this. It was all Hans and Evelina's doing. Think about it, I'm a

mother. Wouldn't | want to find my own daughter?"

As Daisy tried to cling to Lizetta's legs, Lizetta instinctively recoiled.

Remington immediately wrapped his arms around Lizetta, giving the bodyguard a look.

The bodyguard stepped forward, kicking Daisy away.

Daisy rolled twice before slamming into the wall, clutching her chest as she looked up.

"I was against it from the start. | said we had to call the cops, let them find my daughter. But Hans called me

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stupid, beatup, and lockedaway. Liz, you have to believe me."

Lizetta eyed Daisy's pleading face, unconvinced of her innocence.

Over the years, it was Daisy who had been receiving money from Evelina, not Hans, who had been in jail.

Indeed, when the Hawthornes and the Gardenias mixed up their children, no one had called the police.

The hospital where the mix-up

occurred was partly owned by the

Hawthornes. Wary of scandal

affecting the business, they just

swapped the children back without involving the authorities.

"So, you're saying you don't know anything about my real family?"

Lizetta bit her lip, watching for any shift in Daisy's expression.

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