Josephine tried to shake off her unease as she bent down to pick it up. She held it in her hand, examining it closely. She was absolutely sure this was the same jade pendant Charles had given Eve as a keepsake when he was taken away all those years ago.


    Later, when she reunited with Eve and brought up Iceman, she''d asked about the pendant. Eve had said she didn''t have it, ming her lost memory for not knowing where it ended up. So how did it show up here now? Had someone who found it identally left it behind? Who had found this pendant?


    While Josephine was lost in thought, the pendant was suddenly snatched from her hand.


    "Don''t touch my pendant with your dirty hands," Dahlia''s voice was ice-cold and sharp, dripping with contempt and hostility. Her hatred for Evelyn was only rivaled by her disdain for Evelyn''s mother.


    Josephine was quick to react. As the pendant was grabbed, she reflexively reached out and snatched it back, clutching it tightly. Her eyes locked onto the woman who had made a grab for it.


    "What do you think you''re doing? Give me back my pendant!"


    Dahlia was livid, reaching out to grab it again. The pendant was incredibly important to her; if she showed it to Charles, it might stir memories of their childhood together.


    Josephine instantly stepped back, holding the pendant tightly, looking down at the woman with determination, "Is this pendant really yours?"


    "If it''s not mine, then is it yours?" Dahlia''s voice wasced with sarcasm.


    "What''s this? ? See a valuable pendant and decide you want it for yourself? Like mother, like daughter-if the daughter likes to steal other people''s men, then the mother must like to take other people''s stuff! You''re really hitting rock bottom, aren''t you? Do you even know your ce? Trying to take my pendant-do you think you deserve it?"  swnovel


    "If you know what''s good for you, you''ll give it back to me now, or you''ll be facing consequences you can''t handle!" Dahlia''s tone was threatening as she maneuvered her wheelchair closer, reaching out again for Josephine.


    Josephine took another step back, standing firm. "I''m not giving you the pendant. This pendant belongs to my daughter."


    "What did you just say?" Josephine''s words stunned Dahlia, causing her expression to change instantly, her mind going nk as she stood frozen.


    What was this old woman saying? She imed the pendant belonged to that annoying Evelyn. No way! How could it possibly be hers? This old woman must''ve figured out who she was and learned about the pendant''s significance from Evelyn, saying it was Evelyn''s just to make Evelyn pretend to be Debbie!


    Dahlia was fiercely reluctant to admit that Debbie was Evelyn. She had always looked down on Evelyn, keeping her underfoot. How could she ept that the identity she had used for years belonged to Evelyn?


    But as Dahlia looked at Josephine, she realized she hadn''t really paid attention from afar. Just now, even face-to-face, she was so focused on getting the pendant back and leaving quickly that she didn''t look closely. Upon hearing Josephine im the pendant was Evelyn''s, Dahlia finally took a good look at Josephine. The more she looked, the more uneasy she felt.  swnovel


    Over the years, Josephine had aged, but traces of her younger self were still there, ovepping with a


    beautiful face buried in Dahlia et


    childhood memories. Back then, Debbie''s mom was the most beautiful woman in the whole town. Dahlia''s mother often cursed Ms.


    Josephine at home, calling her a seductress with a face meant to lure men. Without a man and with a daughter, she must have enticed so


    many men that she didn''t even know who fathered her child.  swnovel