"Really? I don't know what to say about Nash Woods... Sure, he sacrificed a lot for his family, but he’s not a responsible father!”
Selena heaved a sigh after she heard that." Mother, did Nash at least give you money when he told you to leave?” she asked
Joan. “Did he know that you were carrying Fane?”
Joan’s lips curved into a wry smile. “He never dared to tell Lily when Fane was born, but he did arrange a house for us.
He'd come and visit us from time to time and give us some money, but when Fane was about five or six years old, he finally mustered up the courage to tell Lily everything... And she was absolutely livid. She, along with members of the Lagorio
and Woods families, came and chased us away. She told us to get away as far as we could."
Fane's expression hardened. "But after so many years, he managed to accumulate great power for himself," explained Joan. "H e didn't know where we went after we left, but I believe he could've found us very quickly if he wanted to. Sadly, he didn't."
A cold, bitter smile appeared on Fane's face. "I went to the Woods family residence five years ago, when my mother needed one million for her surgery, but I got nothing even after kneeling before them for an entire night. Instead, a butler came out and told me that Nash Woods wanted m e gone. They shamed me so badly. From that moment on, I told myself that I didn't have a father anymore.”
Joan took it all in. "I hated your father for a time too, Fane," she said earnestly, "but I cleared up some matters with the old man yesterday. Your father isn't as heartless as you think he is."
Fane was stunned for a moment before he asked, "What do you mean? Are you saying that he tried to look for us?”
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