"So, they took you back to the United States?" Loriel asked. "Where are your parents now?"
"Yeah, they took in five years ago. My mother, sadly, had passed away years earlier, but my father is very devoted to . He helped navigate life back ho, even though I have lost my mory and… I couldn't really speak English. He had so nanny and teachers to help ."
She looked down dejectedly when she continued her words and talked about her father. "My father got sick three months ago. He is now being treated in a long-term care facility. I wanted to visit him, but my uncle, his brother, and their family forbade to go."
"Why? Isn't he your father?" Loriel asked gently. "They have no rights to keep you from seeing your father."
Elise cupped her face with both hands and cried. "They said… I am just an impostor... They secretly did a DNA test and found out I am not blood-related to my father. They wanted to send to jail for fraud."
"No fucking way! Why would they do that?" Loriel was furious to hear what happened.
Elise wiped the tears from her eyes. "They said since I am not really my father's daughter, I have no right over his property."
"As the only daughter of my father, I am the one who is set to inherit everything under his na and Tessa's family couldn't accept it. Even when my father was hospitalized, they refused to acknowledge it."
Loriel stayed silent and listened to her. A silent urging to continue.
"However, they couldn't do anything to because, even if I am not my father's daughter, he already transferred the deed to all his property under my na and nad his heir in his will."
"Oh…" Loriel felt glad that Daniel York was thinking ahead to ensure Elise was taken care of should anything happened to him.
Elise continued her words. "It seems they couldn't sue for fraud because they are not the people who are directly affected by my 'cri'. They want my father to wake up so they could tell him I am not really his daughter and he could change his will."
Loriel really wanted to pull Elise to his embrace and consoled her. She looked so sad when she was talking about her father.
"So… that's why they don't allow you to visit your father in the hospital?" Loriel asked again."They don't want you to tell your father about their cri."
Elise nodded tearfully. "Yeah.. I am so sad that they deny access to see my own father. I don't even care about the wealth."
Loriel suddenly rembered the man who claid to be Elise's fiance. Was she really engaged to the asshole?
"The man called you his fiancee," Loriel asked her gently. "Was he lying?"
Elise nodded. "Yeah. His na is Julian Berkshire. His father is our family lawyer. He and his father are evil. They work together with my uncle's family."
She continued her words, "I overheard them talking that they plan to marry off to Julian so he could be the legal guardian. Then, as my husband, he would get admitted to a ntal asylum and take over my family's wealth."
"Fucking hell!" Loriel was so furious to hear that, he rose from his seat in anger.
"I was so scared. That was why I imdiately run away from ho. I don't want to end up in a ntal asylum. I am not crazy." Elise cried harder.
Loriel's brows furrowed as things started to connect in his mind.
The reason as to why Elise ran away from ho in a rush and why she ca here to NYC to find work and far away from Connecticut.
Oh my god… this was inhumane, heinous, and very low. Loriel could really imagine the scenario now.
Elise arrived in modern tis, unable to speak the language, and didn't know how life worked in the modern world. So, she would be suspected of having ntal retardation or autism, like the real Madeline.
It would be very easy for Tessa and Julian to make their claims that Elise needed to be sent to a ntal asylum.
This would make her unable to access her parents' wealth.
Elise sighed and glanced at the streets. "Julian is actually Tessa's boyfriend. She asked him to do this for her and he agreed. I hate them so much. I hate those golddiggers."
"I see…" Loriel wanted to talk but he felt like he needed to stop himself from talking or else scare Elise with how red his eyes had beco.
"Thank you for listening to , Loriel," Elise said as she glanced at her mug. It was still far from fully being emptied at all.
But at least Elise managed to explain the situation to him. Elise was completely unaware of the thoughts that flowed in Loriel's mind.
Every inch of him wished to go out and seek those two. Loriel's blood boiled with fury.
It was similar to the ti when Loriel's own father died and his half-sisters wanted to take the throne for their husbands even when he was the rightful heir to it.
This was a situation Loriel was unfortunately familiar with and to hear that it was happening to Elise infuriated him.
Loriel's blood simred as he glanced at Elise's face. While her tears were gone and dried, the image was still in his mind. He imdiately reached for his phone and contacted Marc.
He needed to pay those two a visit.
Loriel wished to call Marc and demand the location of Tessa and Julian… but he didn't want to scare Elise or have her try to stop him. He was always aware of how soft-hearted she could be.
Instead, he texted Marc for the details and where he could find those two. Loriel already visualized Julian's face and he how wanted to beat the hell out of it. What a pair of conniving snakes.
People like them were the lowest of the low and deserved no ounce of rcy.
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