", argue with her?" Roo sounded exasperated. Arguing was simply not in his nature; he’d rather let Rosemary win.
"What the hell happened?" Carl was utterly confused.
"Just a pesky fly buzzing around my ears, getting on my nerves."
A fly? Carl was stumped. It took him a second to associate Serena with the fly. Could the boss be referring to Serena? Poor girl. In the boss’s eyes, she was no more than a fly. Once upon a ti, she was at least human. Now, she wasn’t even that.
Roo took out his phone again, dialed Kenneth, and said there was an urgent matter at the group that he needed to attend to. He would have to hitch a ride with Carl and have dinner with Rosemary later.
"No problem, you do your thing."
Roo was puzzled, not quite catching Kenneth’s drift.
"Rosemary is still young, isn’t she?" Kenneth chuckled on the other end of the phone.
Roo quickly caught on, saying, "I’m sorry, Uncle. I ssed up."
Kenneth was taken aback by his response, "No, it’s not your fault."
"Mainly because Rosemary is too stunning. You did a fantastic job raising her. I’m truly honored to be part of Rose’s family. I’ll co visit as soon as I’ve sorted out work. I want to make you guys happy."
After hanging up, Kenneth was still shell-shocked. Roo sure had a way with words. What was his main point again? He left such an impression that Kenneth forgot what he was going to say.
anwhile, Kelly bought a bunch of stuff to share with her dorm mates and treated them to dinner. Her warmth and cheerfulness quickly won the other two girls over. And because she always included Rosemary, the other girls quickly beca friends with her as well.
That night, Kelly generously shared her extra skincare products with the other two girls. They chatted and laughed in the living room.
After taking a shower, Rosemary chucked her clothes into the washing machine and then stood on the balcony, listening to the investigation report.
"Martha and Serena are really mother and daughter! The DNA test shows a 99.99% match! It’s like a soap opera!"
As she was drying her hair, Rosemary calmly said, "I saw it coming."
"But it’s confusing. How could a maid successfully place her daughter in your parents’ care? There are two possibilities. After the health clinic explosion, Martha discovered her daughter had been swapped with the daughter from the Collins family. Seeing your family was well-off, she faked her death and worked as a maid in your ho, hoping her daughter could lead a better life. The other possibility is that she has a puppet master. She might know who plotted the fire, but this seems less likely and raises a lot of questions."
For instance, with her level of intelligence, she’s hardly the cunning type to pull strings for soone. There’s nothing particularly special about her that would make any puppet master favor her and ensure her survival.
Actually, Serena’s staying with the Collins family seed to have no real bearing on the whole plan. It was totally irrelevant.
The fact that Serena was taken by mistake was actually a misunderstanding.
And Martha just went with the flow!
Was it not as complicated as they had initially thought?
[If we want to get to the bottom of this, we need to start our investigation from scratch.]
One thing was for sure, Martha was the woman in the sa ward as Louisa at the hospital back then. She didn’t die in the fire; instead, she managed to keep her head down and survive.
"So, who’s Serena’s biological father?" asked Rosemary calmly.
[We’re looking into it. I checked Martha’s contact records with outsiders over the years and everything seems kosher. There’s no man of her age who she’s been in frequent contact with.]
Rosemary rembered what Kenneth and Louisa had said earlier. They had people investigate it, and they found out that Serena’s biological father had disappeared in the fire, and her biological mother was dead.
"Over the years, has Martha visited the graveyard, or secretly asked soone to visit it?" Rosemary continued to enquire.
[No, she’s been working as a nanny at your house and rarely goes out. Is it possible that Serena’s biological father changed his na, thinking that his wife and daughter died in the fire, and remarried?]
Finding him would be a tall order if he had indeed changed his na and moved to a far-off city.
"Not sure."
Without evidence, Rosemary couldn’t jump to conclusions. She just said, "If Serena’s biological father knew that his wife and daughter didn’t die, and his daughter was living a good life, and his wife ca to share this benefit, wouldn’t he, as a father, want to share this benefit as well? Given Martha’s character, she should have told him about this benefit. Investigate all the male employees the Collins family hired eighteen years ago."
[You an, Serena’s biological father might also be in your house? Could he be a driver, or a bodyguard?] her subordinate asked in surprise.
"This is just a hunch, just check it out and see if anything’s been overlooked."
[Roger that!]
Once the serious conversation was over, Rosemary’s subordinate joked, [Is school fun? How about letting in to experience life a bit?]
"Your face is too old."
Her subordinate was instantly bumd out by her words, [I’m only in my early twenties. If I wasn’t running around helping you out all day, I wouldn’t look this old.]
The thing was, he didn’t think he looked old at all, so why did he seem non-existent in Rosemary’s eyes? Was it because she saw Roo’s face every day and it raised her aesthetic standards? That must be the reason why she’s so hard on him.
"Enough said," Rosemary didn’t wait for him to say anything more. After hanging up, she picked up Roo’s call.
"Rose, who were you chatting with?" Roo had called earlier, but she was busy. He tried again after a while, but still the line was busy. Now he finally got through.
"You’ve been talking for a long ti, a male friend?"
"Yes, a guy, in his twenties," Rosemary asked with a smile, "Do you need to send you his details?"
So it really was a guy!
Roo had a feeling that she might be on the phone with a guy since he couldn’t get through.
"Okay, send it to . I promise I won’t cause him any trouble."
Rosemary laughed and asked, "Did you need sothing?"
"I missed you; can’t I call you only for that reason?" Roo sounded a bit upset.
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