Babel Novel
Chapter 700
If that's the case, Lizetta Madden might as well not go back. She'd only be met with cold shoulders and disappointment.
Jerome glanced at Remington. "Liz is Aunt Maggie's own flesh and blood, the true princess of the Madden family. Naturally, we'll make up for all the love she's missed out on over the years. Don't you trust us, Mr. Dashiell?"
Remington didn't necessarily distrust Nelson and Jerome, but Andrea had been the apple of the Madden family's eye for twenty-three years. Could the Maddens really harden their hearts and cast Andrea aside? After all, when Lizetta was found not to be a child of the Hawthornes, she was only six years old. Six years versus twenty-three; the difference was significant.
"Mr. Madden seems to be beating around the bush, unable to give me a satisfactory answer?" Remington's eyes narrowed slightly, a chill forming in his gaze.
Jerome chuckled. "Didn't you, Mr. Dashiell, send two people to the Madden household yesterday? The things they said, that was all your doing, wasn't it? I thought you had this situation well in hand."
That day, Andrea faced rejection in Lizetta's hospital room and was scolded by Nelson. She left the hospital in tears, switched off her phone, and hurried back to Maple Cottage to pack her bags. Before Nelson and the others could return, Andrea, along with two maids, flew back to Tranquil Meadows first.
She thought her heartbroken and impulsive departure would make Nelson and Jerome anxious to find her. Then, just like before, they'd feel sorry for her, worried, they'd no longer dwell on her mistakes but think only of how to cheer her up and coax her home. But upon landing in Tranquil Meadows, though Jerome did call, hearing
she'd run back didn't lead to comfort
but rather a scolding.
Yet in Tranquil Meadows, Conrad West and Eartha Madden still doted on Andrea as always. So, when Nelson and Jerome arrived at Tranquil Meadows, Andrea was throwing a grand party at the Madden house, having the time of her life. Nelson was furious at the scene, sending all the party-goers away, then slammed the paternity test results on the table.
It was later revealed that Daisyhn,
the Madden family's butler who'd been with them for many years and deeply trusted by Nelson, was behind the falsification of Andrea and the Maddens' paternity test. Daisy had said that at the
Mrs. Bernice Madden was already
senile, and Nelson was deeplyThis is from NôvelDrama.Org.
affected, his health deteriorating. He feared the shock of discovering Andrea was an impostor would devastate Nelson, possibly leading to his death, so he falsified the results.
Nelson had already kicked Daisyhn out of the Madden household. At that moment, Andrea, devastated, knelt at the old man's feet, crying and begging him to let her stay. Her words moved Conrad and Eartha deeply who argued that Andrea was innocent and should remain with the Madden family. Seeing Andrea in such a state, how could Nelson not be moved, not soften his heart? After all, he'd raised and doted on her for twenty-three years, and the elder Madden's heart had grown
tender with age.
But at that very moment, Remington had sent two people to the Madden household from miles away. These two were neighbors of the Gardenia family, brought before Nelson to vividly recount how Lizetta suffered at the hands of Hans, the neglect and verbal abuse from Daisylin, and how she was used to shield Hans. Nelson was nearly beside himself with anger.
"They spoke the truth; it wasn't my doing," Remington stated coldly.
Jerome nodded. "Grandfather has decided to send Andrea abroad. She should be on a plane right now. But sadly, Mr. Dashiell, all this you've done, I won't be sharing with Liz."