Tara Hammond’s intense cries and Felicity Jones’s honest and simple voice rang out simultaneously.
In an instant, the entire room fell silent.
So were shocked, others horrified, and even Emily Taylor covered her mouth in disbelief.
Theodore Lucas froze, his body stiffening as he turned to look at Tara Hammond with an incredulous expression.
"No... It’s not true..." Tara shook her head with tears streaming down her face, her still-elegant features suddenly drenched in sorrow.
"This is soone Aidan Lucas found; she’s lying. Theodore, she’s deliberately slandering to drive a wedge between us!"
Tara wept in a way that could lt hearts, her teary autumn-like eyes filled with grievance as she gazed at Theodore.
In contrast, Felicity Jones, who had painstakingly decided to reveal the truth, had a flushed face, sweating profusely out of agitation.
"I... I’m not lying... Everything I said is true! Sir, back then, I accidentally discovered Lady’s fake pregnancy and was driven away by her. She gave a sum of money and told to return to the countryside that very day. If not for this, how could I possibly leave? My family’s situation was poor, and working for Lady not only provided food and lodging but also paid over three hundred dollars monthly. Twenty years ago, a job paying over three hundred dollars was sought after by countless people. Felicity Jones is foolish but not foolish enough to abandon such a good position!"
Although Felicity Jones lacked the sophisticated deanor of Tara Hammond, her earnest words and anxious deanor made her claims highly convincing.
Indeed, over twenty years ago, a salary of over three hundred dollars constituted a very generous job for soone like Felicity Jones who had co from the countryside.
Felicity Jones would have to be out of her mind to give up such a good position.
"Tara, speak..." Theodore Lucas turned to Tara Hammond, suppressing the urge to hold her and console her.
"Tell , what really happened back then?"
Inside, Tara Hammond was fraught with anxiety, but she knew that as long as Theodore Lucas was still willing to listen to her, there was hope.
Tara paid no mind to how the others present were viewing her.
With teary eyes brimming with emotion, she gazed tenderly at Theodore Lucas.
"Theodore... I’ve been with you since I was eighteen. For you, I bore the pain of losing a child, endured insults for being called a mistress, and persevered for decades without ever receiving official recognition. Have I ever complained? Have I ever blad you?"
"And today, you’re doubting just because of words from soone utterly irrelevant. Tell ... have you done justice?"
Seeing Tara’s tears and hearing her soft, innocent words, Theodore Lucas’s heart softened once more.
He hurried to explain, "Tara, I’m not doubting you, but Felicity..."
"You don’t need to explain! If you don’t trust , then I won’t dignify myself by protecting others anymore. Felicity..." Tara Hammond looked at Felicity Jones with reddened eyes.
"You claim you were driven away because you exposed my fake pregnancy, but as I recall, you were dismissed because your gambling husband from the countryside was deep in debt, and your sticky fingers got caught stealing from . Out of pity for you—a woman struggling for her husband—I kept quiet to shield your reputation so you could find future work. Felicity, who would’ve thought that after decades, you would turn around to harm ?!"
Tara cried with overwhelming sorrow, her arched eyebrows furrowing tightly as though she bore the weight of the world’s injustice.
Felicity Jones was completely caught off guard by Tara Hammond’s brazen counterattack.
She was clumsy with words and unskilled in argunt.
Accused by Tara in front of everyone, she turned beet-red but couldn’t manage to utter a coherent response, her mouth opening and closing repeatedly with nothing coming out.
"Mom, stop crying. I believe you..."
At this mont, Nolan Lucas suddenly stepped forward and embraced Tara Hammond.
He was Tara Hammond’s son, and he trusted his mother completely.
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