The more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong. Sydney took out her mobile phone and handed it to Sharon. "Sharon, help me dial Luke's phone number.”
"OK." Sharon closed the file in her hand, took the phone, found Luke's number and called him.
The phone was quickly connected, and Luke's voice sounded. "Darling."
Sharon rolled her eyes and replied in a halfjoking voice, "Honey, are you calling me?"
Sydney was stunned, speechless.
At the other end of the phone, Luke was even more shocked, and then he shouted in an angry and embarrassed tone, "What the hell? Who are you? Why did you call me like that?"
Sharon still wanted to tease him, but Sydney held out her hand with a smile.
"Sharon, please stop it and give me the phone."
Sharon laughed and handed the phone over. "Ms. Raines, his reaction is so funny."
Sydney shook her head with a smile and put the phone to her ear. "Luke, it's me."
Hearing the familiar voice, Luke was greatly relieved. "Darling, who was that just now? A stranger called me 'honey', which scared me. If that phone number wasn’t yours, I would have thought someone had dialed the wrong number."
"It was Sharon. I asked her to make a phone call for me, and she took this chance to tease you," Sydney said with a smile.
Luke replied angrily, "I didn't expect it was Sharon. Tell her that when she comes back, I will teach her a good lesson so that she won't make fun of me again!"
"OK." Sydney covered her mouth and chuckled.
Luke snorted, and then he regained his composure and asked, "By the way, did you call me because you've found something?"
When Sydney heard this, her smile froze. Then she answered in a low voice, "Luke, I'm in the hospital where I was born, and I've seen the file. Our guess is wrong, for I wasn't mistakenly taken home by someone else after I was born." "What?" Luke raised his voice. Noticing the strange looks of the people around him, he quickly covered his mouth and said in a low voice, "Darling, are you sure about this?"
"Yes." Sydney nodded. "So I'm calling you to ask who the baby you saw for the first time really was."
"I have to tell you that it was definitely not an illusion." Luke took the mobile phone and stepped aside.
Sydney pinched the bridge of her nose. "I didn't say it was your illusion. I just want you to ask your mother if she knows about this. After all, she and my mother are best friends.”
"OK, I'll ask her." Luke made a promise and then went to find his mum.
Mrs. Chase was talking with some relatives. When seeing Luke's wave, she frowned unpleasantly and then walked over. "What’s the matter?"
"Mom, I want to ask you why I saw two baby Sydneys at her home when I was a child. Which one is Sydney?" Luke looked at his mother and asked.
Mrs. Chase squinted at him. "Two baby Sydneys? Are you out of your mind?"
Luke stamped his foot anxiously and continued, "Mom, I saw Sydney twice when I was a child, but why did those two babies look so different?”
Mrs. Chase’s expression changed after she heard this, and her eyes widened slightly.
But soon, her expression returned to normal, as if nothing had happened just now. She said with a smile, "Of course it’s not the same one."
Luke took Mrs. Chase's arm and asked urgently, "Then who was the baby I saw for the first time?"
Mrs. Chase dropped her eyes slightly and replied, “She is the daughter of a relative of the Raines family. Her parents asked Sydney's father to take care of her for a few days, so the baby you saw the first time was not Sydney. She was sleeping in her room at that time."
“Is that true?" Luke was surprised.
Mrs. Chase poked his forehead. "Then what’s your assumption?"
"I thought Sydney was mistakenly taken home by someone else after she was born, and she was later sent back to the Raines family," Luke murmured.
Mrs. Chase rolled her eyes upwards. “Don't be silly. If she had been mistakenly taken away by others, it must have gone viral on the media.
"You're right." Luke nodded.
Mrs. Chase was slightly relieved. She narrowed her eyes and stared at him. Then she asked tentatively, "Why did you suddenly ask about this?"
Luke looked away. "I was just driven by curiosity, for I suddenly remembered this and felt the whole thing was a little strange. Mom, I have nothing else to ask you and I'll go first.”
Then he turned around and walked away.
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