Lynette touched her short, yellow, and dry hair then she smiled sadly. "Yes, I've changed so much that I can’t recognize myself. Even my mother...”
Yvonne asked, "You've met your parents?"
Lynette hummed, “We had a video call two days ago. They knew that I'd be serving my sentence outside of prison and can’t leave the city, so we got in contact once. My mother was shocked when she saw me.”
As she spoke, she covered her face and sobbed with self-deprecation, "My mother can’t believe that I'm her daughter because I look about her age now."
Upon looking at Lynette’s appearance, Yvonne felt sad in her heart.
She sighed, "Come on. You just came out, so this situation is normal. You'll get better after some time."
Lynette took a deep breath and put her hand down. "I hope so. Alright, don't talk about me. Yvonne, why do you look different from before?"
A glimpse of light flashed in Yvonne’s eyes. "Huh?"
Lynette pointed to the corner of her eyes. "There's a mole here and the shape of your eyes is different.
Your chin has changed a little too. Did you have plastic surgery?"
Yvonne raised her eyebrows. "I didn’t expect you to
spot it at a glance."
Lynette’s eyes widened in surprise. "Did you really have plastic surgery?"
Yvonne took a sip from the cup. "That's right."
"Why?” Lynette was very puzzled. "You looked good. Why did you go for plastic surgery?"
Yvonne replied casually as if it was a trivial matter to her, "Because I had an accident and I was disfigured."
However, Lynette couldn’t calm down for a long time upon listening to her. "Disfigured? How..."
"That's the truth." Yvonne shrugged. "You should know that the wife of the current chairman of the Lancaster Group is Shannon Smith, right?"
"Yes." Lynette nodded. "I was just about to ask you what’s going on. When I first came out, I heard that the wife of the chairman from the Lancaster Group was Shannon Smith and I was shocked. I thought you divorced Mr. Lancaster. But when I searched for photos on the internet, I found out that you were her."
Yvonne put down the cup. "Shannon Smith is now my name and also a brand new identity. The old Yvonne Frey is dead."
Lynette looked at her distressedly. "What have you... been through?"
Yvonne didn't mean to hide from Lynette. She told her all the things that happened in the past.
After listening to her, Lynette was shocked and she covered her mouth. It took her a long time to find her voice. "My God, have you experienced so much?"
"Yes." Yvonne smiled. "It’s not easy to survive and live soundly after experiencing so much."
Lynette couldn’t deny her words. She held the coffee cup in her hand tightly. "Speaking of which, I'm also responsible for this."
Yvonne looked at Lynette. "Huh?"
Lynette lowered her head and said with a trace of guilt, "I listened to Jacqueline and poisoned Master Lancaster, killing him. If I hadn't done this at that time, would that have happened to you?"
"It would have!" Yvonne pursed her red lips and said seriously, "Even if you didn't listen to Jacqueline and poisoned Grandpa, I'd still have experience other sufferings because Jacqueline hated me and she wanted me to die."
"I’m sorry, Yvonne. I'm really sorry!" Lynette took her hand and apologized with great shame, "No matter what, I did harm others for my selfish desires. I’m sorry for you and I'm sorry for Mr. Lancaster."
"Well, it’s all over now." Yvonne withdrew her hand." I’ve told Henry about you coming out of prison."
Lynette stopped crying and asked nervously, "Then M r. Lancaster..."
Yvonne interrupted her, "Don’t worry, he won't go after you as long as you abide by the law and don't do bad things."
Lynette nodded. “I will. I definitely will!"
Yvonne replied with a smile, "That’s good."
In the following time, the two talked about things in the past, then Lynette got up and left.
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