Chapter 292 Unwelcome Reunion

‘Yeah, that’s exactly the way I reacted to the news,’ Veronica said. ‘I don’t know how she got my phone number, but she did. She called me about an hour ago, said she’s back in Veridian. She went to the old Jansen family residence but the house was empty.’

Of course it was.

Alessia and Veronica had moved out a long time ago, whereas Brayden and Connie, its current occupants, had taken up residence in the city’s detention centre.

‘What does she want?’ Alessia asked.

‘She’s been asking about you and wants to meet.’

Alessia’s mind whirred with conflicting thoughts.

Miranda, their elusive mother, had reappeared after all these years.

Memories surfaced, echoing the unsettling details Connie had shared about their mother’s past.

‘Dad divorced my mother and married yours,’ Connie had said. ‘Miranda only stayed with him long enough to give birth to you and Veronica, then eloped with another man the moment Dad fell sick.’

And then she said something even more astonishing.

The revelation that A