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With Kiara’s cries still echoing behind her, Elliana revved the engine and disappeared down the road.
Regal Grove soon appeared on the horizon, and after parking, Elliana headed straight to her room and dialed the mysterious supplier’s number.
Elliana’s heart thundered against her ribs as she gripped the phone with trembling fingers. For fifteen years, the mysterious contact who controlled Jones Pharmaceuticals’ lifeline had honored her mother’s wishes without wavering. Such unwaveringmitment spoke of something deeper than business—it revealed a profound bond that transcended ordinary loyalty. Only someone who held her mother in the highest regard would maintain such dedication across so many years. What kind of rtionship had they shared?
Elliana’s soul hungered for any fragment of information this mysterious contact might possess about her mother.
Her pulse quickened as the line connected, and a warm, masculine voice greeted her ear. “Hello?”
The rich baritone carried the weight of middle age and experience. “Hi, this is Elliana,” she said, her voice catching despite her efforts to soundposed.
Silence stretched between them before a gentle chuckle emerged, heavy with years of suppressed emotion. “I’ve waited fifteen years for this call. Finally.”
The words hit Elliana like a physical blow. Emotion crashed over her in waves, tears gathering at the corners of her eyes as her breath hitched. Without her mother by her side since she was five, she had weathered a lifetime of hardship, spending countless nights yearning for her mother’s return. Now, she had finally discovered a thread connecting her to that lost piece of her heart. Though his voice was unfamiliar to her, something in its cadence wrapped around her like an unexpected embrace.
“May I ask… What was your rtionship with my mother? Where is she now? Is she safe? Why hasn’t shee back for me?” The questions tumbled from her lips before she could stop them, fifteen years of desperate wondering spilling out in a single breath.
“My name is Dobbs Aston. I was once a terminal cancer patient. It is your mother who saved me. I pledged to serve her with unwavering loyalty for as long as I draw breath,” he replied, his tone carrying the reverence of a man speaking of something sacred.
He paused for a beat before continuing, “I’m afraid I can’t be of any help in answering your questions about your mother. I am clueless where she went. Before the Jones family fire consumed everything, she’d sensed looming danger and…
“Instructed me to supply Jones Pharmaceuticals with medicinal herbs regrly just to force Darin to raise you. She shared nothing else about her ns.”
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His voice grew softer, more intimate. “Her instructions were explicit: I was forbidden from contacting you or interfering in your life. She told me that the day you reached out to me would signal that you were finally ready.” A smile colored his words now, warm and paternal. “And here you are. I’m certain that wherever she is, she would burst with pride knowing you’ve grown into someone so strong and capable.”
Tears carved silver paths down Elliana’s cheeks as his words settled into her heart. His revtions carried both crushing disappointment and flickering hope. Her mother’s whereabouts remained a mystery, but learning that her mother had orchestrated ns for her welfare, that her mother had cared enough to prepare for this moment, soothed the raw wound that had festered in her chest for fifteen years.
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