Easton Holmes began recounting from the moment Michael Linton first saw Lily Turner and felt she looked familiar, to later discovering that many of her life details were similar to Daxton Taylor’s, and finally to the moment he saw her mother, Sophia Wood. He meticulously explained everything he knew from the beginning to the end.
"Are you saying I’m the biological daughter of Uncle Daxton and Evelyn Taylor?" Finally understanding her own background, she felt a sense of unreality, with many things still unclear to her.
"Yes! You are Uncle Daxton’s daughter."
Easton Holmes nodded with certainty. This matter had already been confirmed by Michael Linton and Aiden Taylor. More crucially, her mother, Sophia, had admitted it, so he had accepted the truth.
Lily Turner had never met her father, Daxton Taylor, nor had she ever seen a photo of him. She had no impression of her father whatsoever; over the years, she had relied solely on her imagination.
"Just now Evelyn Taylor said I’m an unwanted child of the Taylor Family. Why didn’t my dad want me and my mom back then?" If they had taken her and her mom in, she wouldn’t be surnamed Turner now. Was her mom’s lasting resentment toward her related to this?
"Uncle Daxton didn’t abandon you and your aunt. It was because Uncle Daxton had already passed away at that time." Easton Holmes wasn’t planning to mention Daxton’s death, but seeing Lily so conflicted about being abandoned, he had no choice but to bring it up to remind her.
Lily stared at Easton Holmes blankly for a moment before speaking again, "If that’s the case, then after my dad passed away, the Taylor Family must have driven my mom and me out."
But why did the Taylor Family drive her and her mom out? Did they despise them?
"I’m not really clear about what happened back then."
The truth from those days was too brutal for her. These were things Easton Holmes had heard from Michael Linton, and even he felt sad hearing them. He couldn’t let her know the cruel truth from back then.
Hearing Easton say he didn’t know, Lily turned around and walked out the door, "My uncle definitely knows, I’m going to ask him."
Her uncle was her dad’s best friend, and the Taylor Family was old friends with the Linton Family. He must know exactly what happened back then.
"I’ll go with you."
Seeing the woman’s resolute attitude, Easton Holmes’ words of discouragement turned into agreement when they came out of his mouth. He quickly followed, going downstairs with the woman.
As Easton Holmes and Lily Turner came down the stairs, Michael Linton was already inside the house from the yard. At this time, he was in the living room chatting with Callix Linton.
Seeing the two of them come in, the two people chatting in the living room stopped talking and looked up at them.
"What’s wrong?"
Noticing their uneasy expressions, Michael Linton suddenly recalled the scene when he encountered them in the yard just now, and his worry deepened.
Lily Turner glanced at Callix Linton and, ignoring any possible rudeness, walked over with big strides and sat down beside Michael Linton. As soon as she sat down, she anxiously asked, "Uncle! Why did the Taylor Family drive my mom and me out back then? What exactly did we do wrong?"
She asked very directly, eager to know the truth, she wasn’t in the mood to beat around the bush.
"Lily! What are you talking about?"
Callix Linton didn’t know that Lily Turner was Daxton Taylor’s daughter, and he was completely confused by what she had just asked Michael Linton.