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Dawn stayed quiet for a long time. Sydney still didn’t say a word.
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Finally, Dawn spoke in a t tone. “Sydney, if you called me here just to let me admire your little show, then there’s no reason for me to sit here any longer.”
Right before Dawn stood up, Sydney finally opened her mouth.
“Dawn, aren’t you curious why Austin adopted you?”
Dawn frowned in confusion. “What do you mean?”
Sydneyughed sharply. “Hahaha… so you really don’t know!”
Seeing Dawn’s reaction gave Sydney a twisted sense of bnce<i>. </i><i>So </i><i>what </i><i>if </i><i>Dawn </i><i>had </i>everything? She <i>is </i><i>still </i><i>just </i><i>a </i><i>fool </i><i>who </i><i>has </i><i>been </i><i>kept </i><i>in </i><i>the </i><i>dark</i>.
Sydney’s wrists were cuffed, her eyes bloodshot with rage. “I’ll never tell you only one who knows besides me!”
She suddenly burst into wild, manicughter.
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Dawn’s brows tightened. She waited until Sydney calmed a little before speaking again.
“I never asked you to tell me anything. I don’t even want to know. Sydney, I’ve never wronged you. What you’ve be today… you brought it on yourself.”
So what if Austin had his reasons for adopting me? It didn’t change anything.
If Austin hadn’t shown up, she probably would’ve grown up in an orphanage anyway.
Sydney’s proud smile froze. “You’re not even a little curious?”
“Why should I care about the past?”
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Sydney clenched her hands on the table until her nails broke her skin.
After a long pause, her hoarse voice cracked with disbelief. “He … he never really wanted to adopt you! Doesn’t that bother you? Don’t you want to know why?”
She had overheard Austin saying it on the phone not long ago.
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Taking a deep breath, Sydney locked her eyes on Dawn, desperate to catch the tiniest flicker of emotion on her face.
But Dawn’s expression stayed calm. “And if I did want to know, would you tell me?”
“I’d never tell you!”
“So what’s the point?”
<i>Had </i><i>she </i><i>gone </i><i>brain</i><i>–</i><i>dead </i><i>after </i><i>just </i><i>a </i><i>few </i><i>days </i><i>in </i><i>jail</i><i>? </i>
Dawn spread her hands. “Why don’t you say what you really want to say? I’m already here. It won’t be so easy to see me again next time.”
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Sydney hadn’t expected that reaction at all.
Back in college, she’d dated Austin for a short while. Even then, she knew he had an adopted niece.
Everyone in the Osborne family spoiled Dawn.
Austin treated Dawn as if she were his entire world.
He was strict, but whatever Dawn wanted, he gave her.
Back then, Sydney was still young. Part of why she broke up with Austin was because of Dawn.
Even when they were together, Austin would bring up Dawn’s name again and again. Every phone call, every excuse–it was always about Dawn. His whole life seemed to revolve around her.
Sydney finally snapped and broke things off, using moving abroad as an excuse.
She hadn’t expected Austin to agree so easily. He didn’t even try to stop her. He just said he was busy picking Dawn up from school.
<i>So </i>Dawn <i>had </i><i>once </i><i>been </i><i>cherished </i>like <i>that</i><i>. </i><i>How </i><i>could </i><i>she </i><i>still </i><i>act </i><i>so </i><i>calm </i><i>even </i><i>if </i><i>that </i><i>love </i><i>turned </i><i>out </i><i>to </i><i>be </i><i>fake</i><i>? </i>
The more Sydney thought about it, the less she understood Dawn. Bitter hatred burned in her chest. She forced out a coldugh.
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“Of course I won’t tell you. And I don’t want to see you happy either. I only called you here. today to ask you that question–and to share some good news.”
A bad feeling rose in Dawn’s chest.
Her voice went cold. “What news?<b>” </b>
Sydney’s lips curled into a sick smile. “I got bored a while back and wrote an article. I even set it to publish automatically. At first, I nned to cancel it once you got Austin back…”
She clicked her tongue twice. “But too bad. I can’t cancel it anymore.”
Her eyes gleamed with madness. “By tomorrow, everyone across the country will know your story with Austin. Let’s see how people react when they find out you two have been hiding behind the title of uncle and niece…
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She didn’t say thest few words out loud. But her exaggerated mouth shape made it crystal clear what she meant.
Dawn had already prepared herself, but in that moment, she still couldn’t hold back. She stepped forward and pped her hard across the face.
Sydney’s head snapped to the side, but she didn’t move, frozen in ce.
Dawn had no more patience to waste. She drew in a deep breath, towering over her.
“Sydney, there’s nothing wrong with loving someone. But you … you’re just a pitiful, twisted, obsessive mess.”
With that, Dawn turned and walked straight out of the visitation room.
Sydney’s shrill voice followed, only to be cut off as the heavy door mmed shut.
Ethan saw how pale Dawn’s face had gone. He walked over and gently held her hand.
Dawn looked back at him.
“Any news today?”
Her voice trembled so softly that he almost didn’t catch it. He was about to ask her to repeat, but she steadied herself and said in a low voice, “Check your phone. See if anything’s hit the news yet.”