<b>Chapter </b><b>495 </b>
yton replied, “It’s mostly settled. We had already agreed onpensation, but as soon as Ms. Graham saw the Shaw family members, she immediately insisted it wasn’t our fault and dropped the matter altogether.”
The moment the Shaw family appeared, the once aggressive Eileen transformed instantly, her voice softened, and she became gentle and sincere
yton could tell what she was
king. ‘She was probably trying to make a good impression,‘ he thought.
“The Shaw family members?” Am
look shed in Aria’s eyes. “Which one?”
yton replied, “Quincy.”
Aria said, “Let me see that kid’s photo.”
The manager pulled up the surveince footage and handed the device to Aria. Sure enough, it was the boy who had tried to snatch Pearl’s gold pendant
earlier.
Aria rewound the surveince footage and saw the boy dart into the women’s restroom. Five minutester, he emerged, appearingpletely normal.
Aria nced at the time. It was when Pearl had gone to the restroom. She let out a soft sigh and handed the phone back to yton. “Let’s leave it at that for now. If they demandpensationter, contact me. I’ll cover it.”
yton quickly assured her, “Ms. Saxon, we’ll handle this. We can cover anypensation if necessary.”
Aria said firmly, “Just do as I say.”
yton could only agree, “Understood, Ms. Saxon.”
When Aria returned, Owen was on the phone by the floor–to–ceiling window.
“Good thing it’s not your dad’s kid,” he said. “Alright, talk to youter.”
Owen approached her and said, “Let’s talk in room.”
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“Okay,” Aria said.
Owen said, “The kid who fell into the pool this afternoon was Ss. His mother is Eileen, but he’s <b>not </b>Tom’s son. He’s Isaac’s.”
After the previous incident, the Shaw family stripped Isaac of all his assets, ced him under strict supervision, and provided only <b>a </b>fixed monthly living
allowance.
Isaac didn’t want to stay at home. Out of pity, Tom lent him one of his vis and even provided an additional 150 thousand dors as a monthly allowance.
Before his imprisonment, Isaac had a rtionship with Eileen. Initially, she didn’t know his true identity. Later, after he sent her away, he cut off all contact with her.
After discovering she was pregnant and unable to find Isaac, Eileen hastily married someone else and gave birth <b>to </b>the baby.
Isaac had fertility issues. Shortly after his release from prison, Isaac ran into Eileen. When he learned he had a s
felt overjoyed for quite some time.
Fully aware of his tarnished reputation, he reflexively assumed Tom’s identity.
Quincy burst outughing as he told Owen about it. He said, “My dad always thought you were too extreme when handling things. He kept saying, “Isaac has turned over a new leaf. He’s not that kind of person anymore. So he kept secretly sending Isaac money, however much he asked for. But after all this happened, my dad was furious.”
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Tom had always been the kindest to Isaac in the Shaw family. So when Isaac fathered a child outside and imed it was fom’s, it was not hard to imagine how devastated Tom must have been.
Tom bore a striking resemnce to Isaac. It was no wonder that everyone thought the child was Tom’s.
Aria said with a wry smile, “That’s rather absurd.”
Owen stifled augh. “Yeah, it’s pretty ridiculous.”
Aria’s smile faded as she thought of Pearl, reced by a hint of helplessness. “Why don’t you have Lily help you pick out some photos? I’ll go talk to Pearl about the hypnosis thing.”
“Okay,” Owen said quietly.
When Quincy talked to Owen on the phone about Isaac, he also mentioned the child.
Even the boy couldn’t exin why he’d jumped into the pool. He had no memory of it at <b>all</b>.
Owen could guess it was Pearl’s doing.
After Owen called Lily away, Aria entered the room. Pearl had just stepped out of the shower. Spotting Aria, she tensed up and stammered, “A–Aria<b>.</b>”
“Lily’s helping Owen pick out photos. Let me apply some medicine for you,” said Aria
Pearl smiled. “Alright,” she said softly.
After applying the medicine, Aria set down the cotton swab and slowly lifted her gaze to meet Pearl’s. In a gentle voice, she asked, <b>“</b><b>Pearl</b><b>, </b>was it you?”
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