After Joyce finished her porridge, she gently wiped the corners of her lips with a napkin.
Cecelia looked at her with a tender face.
Both have regained their composure after the excitement.
"Joyce, let me show you a picture." Cecelia brought her phone over from the coffee table.
On the way to the House of Inspection safe house, Luther handed her phone back to her.
Meanwhile, Karl told her everything that had happened before, including Charlotte's crimes and Charlotte's current situation.
She didn't speak for a long time, and was in shock and anger. She needed time to digest the events that had shaken her to her core. the Heath family had come this far because Charlotte had pretended to be her daughter.
The long-lost affection washed over her and made her lose her proper vigilance.
The twenty-year-long guilt makes her so intent on making amends to Charlotte that she ignores too many issues.
Obviously, she was not satisfied with Ricky. She thought Ricky was scheming, but because he was hand-picked by Charlotte, she turned a blind eye, as long as Charlotte was happy.
So much so that a series of things were later messed up.
In addition, when Charlotte insisted on marrying Luther, she should have talked her out of it.
After the accident at the engagement party, she should not have used her military power to transfer the case file, and defend Charlotte.
She actually knows that Otis is ambitious and extremely scheming, but because of Charlotte, she is also willing to give the military to Otis in the future, after all, Otis has the ability.
She had no idea that Otis was holding Charlotte to ransom and thus blackmailing her into marriage, rather than that they were genuinely in love.
All because she indulged Charlotte, bent on making up for her own lack of motherly love for twenty years.
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