Chapter 151
151 The Truth About Scarlett
“Franklin ! ”
She gritted her teeth.
Used every last bit of strength in her body.
Only then could she finally shout it out.
Franklin’s steps halted. He turned back again.
That’s when he noticed–the woman in the mask and hat looked a little familiar.
He quickly walked over, towering over Martha.
Martha had been stuck running around Trenwyn for Rebecca’s sake.
What was she doing in Jalindale now?
Could it be the opposing side thought he was so loyal to his marriage that they sent him a Martha lookalike?
What a joke.
What kind of twisted freak would fall for a domineering old hag like that?
“Franklin, help me up!”
Martha’s voice had gone weak.
But it was still loud enough for Franklin to hear.
His wandering thoughts were interrupted.
He stared at Martha, still full of doubt.
Then, as if he noticed something in her features, he suddenly bent down and helped her up.
“It really is you? Why are you here? Your face? You’re hurt? Did someone bully you? What happened? Did something happen at home?”
He fired off question after question.
Martha’s mind went blank.
She didn’t even know where to start.
“Say something!”
Franklin helped her over to the flowerbed to sit down.
His heart was pounding with worry.
It felt like he was about to explode.
Only then did Martha finally respond.
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Ignoring all his questions, she grabbed his sleeve with both hands .
“Something happened”
“Scarlett! I saw Scarlett!”
Franklin’s brows knitted tightly together.
“That’s the big emergency? And why are you in Jalindale? ”
Though his face was full of anger, a flicker of panic flashed in his eyes.
As if he was afraid Martha might have discovered something.
Unfortunately for him, Martha had no interest in reading into his emotions.
She just kept talking.
“Scarlett is the Lane family’s daughter. I saw her with her birth mother, shopping at the mall”
One sentence.
Like a lightning strike straight through Franklin’s body.
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Franklin grabbed her arm.
“You must’ve been mistaken, right?”
Martha’s cheeks still stung.
Her throat was painfully hoarse.
But she forced herself to speak, explaining everything that had happened.
“What, ma’am, did you just say Scarlett is the Lane family’s daughter?”
Connor had come to the same mall to buy a gift.
He figured Scarlett would show up at tonight’s banquet.
He needed something nice to win her forgiveness.
Of course, this wasn’t all he was busy with.
His main task was to investigate the Lane family’s daughter.
Who would’ve thought-
After searching high and low, she’d walk right into his path.
Franklin didn’t bother asking why Connor was here, or why he was eavesdropping.
He was too stunned.
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Scarlett had always seemed so timid and forgettable– how could she possibly be connected to the Lane family?
If Scarlett really was the Lane family’s daughter…
Then all the suffering they had dumped on her back then–there was no doubt the Lane family would return it a thousandfold.
And that incident at the medical exchange conference, where the Lane family’s representative suddenly targeted Rebecca-
Could that have been to win favor with Scarlett?
Franklin’s body trembled. He lost his balance and sat down on the edge of the flowerbed.
Connor’s fists clenched tight, but he still couldn’t suppress the overwhelming regret inside him.
Scarlett had once listened to everything he said, tried so hard to please him.
And he’d thrown it all away.
The Lane family’s intelligence network stretched across the globe.
They’d likely long since found out how he had treated her.
That’s probably why Jude Group kept getting hit so hard.
If he’d only known the truth sooner…
Maybe…
“Dad? Mom? Connor? What are you guys doing?”
Oliver had arrived.
He had just learned the Lane family’s daughter liked pearls and came here to speak with a local pearl supplier.
He hadn’t expected to run into them.
Martha reached for her son, as if she’d just found an emotional dumping ground.
She poured out her entire mall ordeal, adding a little extra drama.
Oliver frowned and lowered his gaze in thought.
“You’re saying someone claimed Scarlett is the Lane family’s daughter–and they hit you?”
Martha nodded.
“I really didn’t expect Scarlett to find her birth mother.That woman was so rude, hitting people for no reason. No wonder Scarlett turned out the way she did. If it weren’t for the fact she’s the Lane family matriarch, I wouldn’t have let it go so easily.”
Oliver took out his phone and tapped around for a bit.
08:31 Mont
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Then he showed Martha the screen.
“ The Lane family’s first lady has always been very low–profile. There aren’t many photos of her This one was taken by a friend at a high–end banquet. Take a look was that the woman beside Scarlett ?
Martha’s swollen cheeks had her eyes half–squinting.
It looked a bit ridiculous.
But when she saw the photo, her eyes forced themselves open.
“No, that’s not her!”
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