"Yes, she is Madam Lilian." Sara stared at the TV and murmured. Her heart was filled with a kind of emotion that she had never felt before. It was heart-wrenching and distressful. Such a feeling made her feel fearful.
"I really didn't expect her to be acquainted with such a famous person. It seems that our Miss Jenna is really loved by all." Bailey chuckled. In her mind, Madam Lilian must have come to visit her for Jenna's sake. Therefore, she was very proud of Jenna, which was normal since she'd regarded Jenna as her own daughter for all these years.
Sara was lost in thought.
"Madam, it's strange, but I feel that Madam Lilian looks familiar, almost as if I have seen her somewhere before." Bailey frowned slightly and asked while trying to recall.
Sara gave a burst of disapproving laughter. "What's so strange about that? She often appears on TV."
Bailey was still confused. "Madam, my eyesight is not good, and I seldom watch this type of news on TV. I usually just casually watch TV dramas. So, I can confirm that I have never seen her on TV."
Hearing this, Sara giggled. "That's true. Madam Lilian is famous internationally and rarely appears on the local news channels." Then, Sara turned to Bailey, who was thinking hard, and she explained, "Some people just look familiar. What's odd about that? I think you'd better not worry too much. It's not as if you could have seen her before, or actually know her."
Hearing this, Bailey also felt embarrassed, and chortled. "Madam, you're right. Madam Lilian is so famous. How could I, an ordinary person, know her? It's absolutely impossible."
Speaking of this, something occurred to her. She continued, "Madam, Miss Jenna called today. She informed us that Madam Vivian is dying, and she is ready to take you to Richards Manor."
Speaking of Vivian, Sara felt inexplicably heavy in her heart.
"Yes, Madam Vivian is indeed a rare, good person. Moreover, she's also a respected figure among us women. I should have visited her earlier." Sara nodded and sighed. She did not feel good about it.
In the Richards family, only Vivian had been secretly protecting Jenna. Otherwise, with the decline of the Murphy family's family status, Jenna could hardly have had a bright future in the Richards family. Sara knew and also remembered
Vivian's help.
"Miss Jenna mentioned that she would come to pick us up tomorrow morning. So, I'll pack up now. I guess well have to stay for a few days." Bailey stood up as she said this and began to pack up.
As for Sara, she just sat there and continued watching TV.
After a while, Bailey came out with a peculiar look on her face.
"Madam, I found a photo here, which really reminded me of something." Just as Bailey had gone to pack up, she'd inadvertently found a photo that she kept, which she'd almost forgotten about. It was a photo of Lilian in her younger years when she was still in the entertainment industry. As photographs were not common back then, Bailey only had this photo and stored it in an old album. She had forgotten that she had it.
Hearing this, Sara turned her eyes to her face and asked doubtfully, "Bailey, what photo?"
Bailey approached, held the photo with both hands, and handed it over.
Sara received it and looked at it. It was a beautiful young woman with a kind-looking face.
"Who is this?" Sara questioned in surprise.
Bailey's expression was a little strange. She glanced at Sara and answered cautiously,
"Madam, she is your mother."
"Mother?" Sara's face changed, and she took the photo and studied it carefully.
Was the beautiful woman in the photo really her birth mother?
Sara had not seen her mother's face since she was a child. Seeing this photo in an instant made it hard for her to believe that it was true.
"Yes, Madam, this is your mother's photo. I can assure you." Bailey nodded solemnly.
"Then, why didn't you show it to me earlier?" Sara showed a hint of blame.
Bailey sighed. All those years ago, Flavian also had photos of Lilian. Nonetheless, there were several times when Flavian would cry bitterly as he hugged Lilian's photo when he came home drunk, which had damaged most of the photos. There was once after he had a really drunken night, when Flavian had lost his mind and burned all the photos of Lilian. He died soon after.
This photo had been kept with her since she accompanied Lilian as a child. There had been one time when Flavian discovered it after getting drunk and had almost destroyed it, but Bailey had managed to recover it after he'd passed out. However, since then, she had not dared to take it out again, and eventually had truly forgotten about "Madam, I was still young at that time. I don't even remember that I had it," Bailey explained in a bashful tone.
Sara stared at the photo and was lost in thought. She was really indifferent to the concept of having a mother.
"Bailey, what kind of relation do you have to my Mom?" Sara asked again. She had known about the relation since she was a kid, but any further details had never been clear to her. This was why she'd asked.
Sara had asked such questions several times when she was free, but Bailey just couldn't answer them.
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