It was May 3rd!
Mrs. Madden hurriedly looked at Brandon and asked in a trembling voice, "Darling, did you see it? That's the day when Sydney was adopted. Have you seen it?"
"Yes." Wearing a gloomy expression, Brandon nodded. His hands on the railing of the hospital bed were shaking slightly because of his excessive exertion.
Mrs. Madden covered her mouth, and her eyes had turned red with tears. "Why is it May 3rd?"
She didn’t understand why Sydney wasn't the biological daughter of Harry and Leanna.
What confused her more was the adoption date of Sydney.
May was the month she would never forget, for it had brought her endless pain.
May 1st was the day when her daughter was stolen by Harry and thrown into the river!
And Sydney was adopted by Harry two days after that incident.
Was it possible that…
"Darling, do you think Sydney might be our daughter?" Mrs. Madden grabbed Brandon's hand and asked eagerly.
Brandon frowned deeply. "Don’t be silly. How can Sydney be Clarice?”
"But Sydney is not Harry's biological daughter, and her adoption date just happened to be May 3rd, so Sydney may be Clarice." Mrs. Madden got more agitated.
Brandon patted her hand softly. "This is impossible."
"How can this be impossible?" Mrs. Madden shook off his hand and stared at the TV with red, swollen eyes. "This date is a piece of strong proof. You were also shocked when seeing the date, right? It shows that you also suspect that Sydney may be Clarice.”
Brandon was instantly lost for words.
Indeed, as Mrs. Madden had said, when he saw that date, his first thought was that Sydney might be Clarice.
On the one hand, Sydney was born in the same year as Clarice.
On the other hand, Clarice was stolen by Harry, and he adopted a baby girl two days after throwing Clarice into the river. This made him suspect that Harry didn't abandon their child at all, but secretly raised her.
However, this possibility was too low.
After all, Clarice was their daughter, which made her an enemy of Harry.
It was impossible for Harry to raise the daughter of his sworn enemy so carefully.
Therefore, Sydney was not Clarice.
Thinking of this, Brandon sighed. "Please calm down first. If Sydney is Clarice, who is the girl living with us now? We have done a paternity test with Clarice, and she is proven to be our biological daughter, so Sydney is not Clarice. She just happened to be adopted by Harry about the same time as Clarice was thrown into the river.”
"I know, but I just think the whole thing is odd." Mrs. Madden sat in the hospital bed, covering her face and crying, "Brandon, I have never told you that I don't have too much maternal love for Clarice."
"What do you mean?" Brandon looked at her.
Mrs. Madden bit her lower lip and said, "I don't know. I just think that I can't get close to Clarice. I know that she is my daughter, and I should love her wholeheartedly so that she can feel she is the happiest child in the world. But I can't do that. My usual kindness and affection for Clarice are all pretended. In fact, I am reluctant to have too much contact with her. I..."
"Clarice!" Before Mrs. Madden finished her words, Brandon suddenly shouted.
Mrs. Madden's heart skipped a beat, and she turned to look at Brandon, but Brandon just stared at the door with an extremely embarrassed expression.
When she saw this, Mrs. Madden’s expression changed drastically. She immediately turned to look at the door, and when she saw Clarice standing there with red eyes and a distressed expression, her face turned pale.
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