TimeNovelRebecca didn’t reply. It was clear-if he refused to answer her, she wasn’t about to tell him anything either.
“May?” Richard guessed, watching Rebecca’s face closely, not missing a single change in her expression.
Rebecca frowned and asked, “May knows about this, too?”
Her reaction made Richard second-guess himself. He thought, ‘But if it weren't May, then who else would talk to
Rebecca? And what reason would they have to tell her any of this?”
“What does May know?” Rebecca pressed, leaving Richard no room for doubt.
Richard forced his emotions down and said, “Why don’t you just ask her?”
By this point, Rebecca realized she'd reached a dead end. But at least she knew that what May had said was
true. She didn’t plan to stay here any longer.
Annoyed and restless, she said, “I'll go ask her myself. And I'll get to the bottom of things between you and
Mom.” With that, she spun around and walked off.
lan hurried after her. He caught up and walked next to her, asking casually, “Done trying to ask him?”
“He won't say anything no matter what,” Rebecca replied.
“I can help,” lan offered.
Rebecca said, “From the way he looked just now, it doesn’t matter how much you threaten him. If there's
something he doesn’t want to talk about, he won't say a word. It's no use trying.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtJan reflected for a moment and then realized that it was indeed the case.
Once they were both in the car, lan glanced at Rebecca, noticing the worry etched on her face. He asked, “So,
are we heading to the hospital to see your mom now?”
“I'll go myself,” Rebecca said. She really wanted to see Amelia. Even if Amelia couldn't speak or answer her right
now, Rebecca just wanted to sit with her for a while.
lan started up the car and said, “I'll cwith you.”
The car was moving fast.
As lan thought about what he’d just heard, he asked casually, “What did you mean by ‘price’ earlier? Isn't it just
a father’s responsibility to raise his kid?”
“I don’t really know,” Rebecca answered, her mind in a whirl-sthings felt clearer now, but others seemed
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She said, “May toldmy parents signed a prenup before they got married, and said the money Dad spent on
Just then, the car pulled up at a red light.
lan tapped his fingers on the steering wheel as he asked, “Do married couples really keep things that black and
white?”
Rebecca found it strange herself.
It wasn’t like nobody in their world ever signed prenups or kept their money separate after getting hitched, but
they wouldn't call it price or split things so brutally.
lan was suddenly hit by a bold idea. He blurted out, “Becky, what if you're not actually Richard's kid?” He'd
known Rebecca and Jessica forever-he never sugarcoated anything with them.
Rebecca asked, “What do you mean?”
lan knew a bit about what happened back then. He said, “Think about it-for real. If your dad had run off with all
the money, how do you think your mom would've reacted? She should've been pissed, right? Furious?”
Rebecca nodded.
lan asked, “So what did your mom actually do at the time?”
Rebecca replied, “Honestly? She barely reacted. It was like she knew it would happen all along. She even told me
straight up not to waste my emotions on people who aren’t worth it.”
“Not worth it,” lan repeated.
Rebecca frowned. She still couldn't quite picture not being Richard's kid. The idea was just too wild.
Rebecca’s whole life was in photos-every year, from baby to grown-up. Richard always bragged about how hard
he'd worked to win Amelia over.
Rebecca thought, ‘If none of that is real, then what is the story between Dad and Mom?’
lan was the type who jumped into action for everything except romance. He said, “There's an easy way to find
out. Just get a DNA test with your dad.”
Just then, a car honked behind them. lan hit the gas and kept driving.
“Letthink about it,” Rebecca replied, her mind already spinning with ideas. She was planning to test the
waters with May first.
If only they could talk face-to-face-Rebecca knew she’d be able to read May’s every reaction, but with distance
between them, a video call was her only option for now,
On the other side, other people were talking about this issue too.
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As soon as Rebecca and lan left, Stanley sent Jeffrey the recordings. He said, “Amelia is turning out to be quite
the mystery.”
Jeffrey hadn’t even finished listening to the whole thing.
Stanley asked, “You don’t think the Jensen Group was actually Amelia's idea, do you?”
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