Chapter 2: The Truth Hidden for Eighteen Years
Chapter 2: The Truth Hidden for Eighteen Years
The celebration ended immediately.
Richard took the girl and her guardian into a private room while the guests whispered outside.
He couldn't stop looking at the pendant.
Neither could Victoria.
Finally, the girl's guardian revealed the truth.
Years ago, Elena had become pregnant.
Before she could tell Richard, she was involved in a terrible accident and lost contact with him.
Believing he had abandoned her, she raised the child alone.
That child was the girl's mother.
Richard's knees nearly gave out.
His voice cracked.
"Then... that means..."
The woman nodded.
"Yes. This girl is your granddaughter."
The room exploded with emotion.
Victoria stared at the girl in disbelief.
The child she had publicly humiliated only minutes earlier was actually part of the Harrington family.
A direct blood relative.
Richard looked at the girl with tears in his eyes.
All those years.
All those birthdays.
All those family moments.
He had missed an entire generation.
And he never even knew they existed.
The little girl looked up at him nervously.
"Are you really my grandfather?"
Richard pulled her into his arms.
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For the first time in decades, he cried.
"Yes," he whispered. "And I'm so sorry I wasn't there."
