Luke had thought of a possibility. How could Sydney not have thought of it? She opened her mouth, her voice hollow, "So you think I'm not the real Sydney and that I've been switched with the real Sydney?"
Luke tightened his grip on the steering wheel and answered, "I don't know, but I'm pretty sure you aren't the baby I first saw."
"It's impossible! No way!" Sydney clenched her fists, her body shaking. "If I'm not Sydney, who am I?"
She shouldn't have been switched, should she?
Luke pulled over the car to the side of the road and comforted Sydney, "Darling, calm down. Perhaps it's not what we think." "If it's not what we think, what's it?"
Sydney stared at Luke with sightless eyes," You're pretty sure I did get switched, right?"
"I..." Luke choked. He was speechless.
Sydney bit her lower lip, "You can't answer me. Apparently, you think so too. Maybe you’re right. Maybe I'm not Sydney, because the woman who made Jane the scapegoat said that my mole would threaten her identity. I guess she was referring to the real Sydney."
Luke sighed, "Okay. I'll admit it. I do think you were switched, but that doesn't mean you're not the real Sydney. Think about it. The mole is so obvious, and the two babies look different. How could your parents not notice? But your parents didn’t see it as a problem, so I'm thinking maybe you and the other baby who didn't have the mole were switched by mistake at the hospital, and when your parents found it later, they got you back?" "Uh..." Sydney froze.
'It is possible!’
'As Luke said, there's no way mom and dad didn't notice it was a different baby, but mom and dad and grandpa still love me so much, which clearly means that I am their own daughter and granddaughter, no doubt.
'So, it really could be just like what Luke guessed. The baby Luke first met was initially taken wrongly in the hospital by mistake and was later switched back?'
"But if that's the case, then why would the woman say that I threatened her identity?" Sydney frowned. She still felt something was wrong, but she couldn't tell it.
She felt so annoyed by it.
Luke scratched his hair, "I can't understand it either. But don't worry. After we catch the woman, everything will be clear.”
Sydney nodded, "Okay! But I have to investigate it and figure out if I'm Sydney, my parents' real daughter.”
"Do you?" Luke looked at her.
Sydney lowered her eyelids, "Yes. I can't relax until I find out what this is all about."
"How are you going to find it out?"
"I'll start with the hospital where my mother gave birth to me twenty-six years ago. If the woman who attacked me and I were really taken wrongly when we were born, the hospital should have recorded it."
Luke nodded, "I think so. But you were born in South Lake. Are you going to South Lake?
"Sure. It happens that I had promised Layden I would go to South Lake to watch his show." Sydney touched her eyes," Though I can't see anything right now, I promised Layden. I'm going to do it."
"When are you leaving?" Luke asked.
"Tomorrow morning. Sean had booked my flight and hotel two days ago." Sydney replied.
Luke hesitated, "Tomorrow? Then I'm afraid I can't go with you. Tomorrow is the anniversary of my grandfather's death. Our family is going to visit his tomb."
"That's okay. Sharon will go with me." Sydney smiled.
Sharon was a tough woman, so Luke was relieved. "OK. I won't worry about it with
Sharon going with you."
"Let me know tomorrow when your staff draws out the portrait." Sydney reminded Luke.
Luke nodded, "Sure, I will. Let's go back to the hospital."
When they got back to the hospital, it was twelve at noon.
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