Chapter 946: Under her mother's guidance, Kelsey matured beyond her years. Though she grasped only the edges of her mother's message, she understood the importance of being reasonable and avoiding becoming anyone's burden.
Following that poignant conversation, her mother vanished without a trace from the Hinks household.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtKelsey recalled the ensuing chaos, with everyone deliberately concealing her mother's disappearance. She feigned ignorance and never revealed what her mother had confided in her.
The Hinks family searched extensively for her mother but uncovered nothing. Eventually, her mother becforbidden territory within family conversations, with all physical reminders systematically removed from the house.
It was as though her mother had been erased from existence.
Years later, after her grandparents passed and Kelsey assumed leadership of the Hinks family, she initiated her own search for her mother-still without success.
She and Jacob gradually accepted a troubling possibility-her mother might no longer walk among the living. Not long ago, Dr. Liam Ruiz accidentally switched blood samples during a hospital experiment. This mistake led to an extraordinary discovery-one sample contained DNA remarkably similar to Kelsey's, suggesting it likely belonged to her mother's grandchild, her own niece. Kelsey had battled infertility for years, enduring countless advanced medical treatments without success. Eventually, Jacob couldn't bear witnessing her continued suffering and relinquished their dream of having biological children. Together, they adopted a little girl named Alethea from an orphanage.
When Alethea was younger, her striking resemblance to Kelsey's mother sparked questions about whether she might be another descendant from that lineage. However, as the years passed, Alethea's features becunremarkable, and her childhood beauty faded into plainness.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmIf her mother had indeed produced other offspring, that person would represent Kelsey's only blood relative in existence. This possibility held profound significance beyond emotional connection.
The Hinks family, despite its considerable wealth, faced a generational decline. Recent generations had yielded only daughters, with just a single heir per generation. The family line teetered on extinction, with their vast fortune at risk of having no rightful inheritor.
Upon learning about this potential relative, Kelsey and Jacob devoted themselves completely to the search. They willingly sacrificed their established resources and connections in Egoshire to venture into unfamiliar Isonridge territory-all to locate this unknown family member.
Liam exhaled heavily, his head moving side to side in frustration. "I've scoured numerous databases without finding any relevant om information Either this person hasn't sought medical treatment in Isonridge, or they're from a prestigious family with encrypted personal records." At the mention of someone from a prominent family, Carrie's image materialized in Kelsey's mind.