“You can fake vidéos and DNA test results, but not memories,” M said calmly and turned to face everyone. Her eyes finallynded on Nathan. She felt a sense of security and courage in Nathan’s warm gaze.


    No matter if she seeded or failed today, she would be fearless as long as Nathan was with


    her.


    M cleared her throat and continued, “My name is Wanda Hoffis. I’m 25 this year and I’m from Suntend. My name at birth was Sally Hoffis and I was born in Norvania. Also, I’m Zach’s granddaughter. The people in the video are my parents but they are currently missing.” Taking advantage of Zach’s distraction, Loretta broke free of his grip and rushed to the stage. She bellowed, “You’re lying! How can a stic surgery freak like you be my granddaughter?” M gazed helplessly at Loretta and exined, “Grandma, I’m Wanda. When I was ten, you took me abroad because you were obsessed with a celebrity. You even bought that celebrity a five–million–dor car.”


    Loretta was stunned to the core. This was the secret between her and her granddaughter. Zach stormed over and pointed his finger at her. “You old hag! You actually spent five million on a guy!”N?velDrama.Org: text ? owner.


    “Grandpa, it was a singer, a female singer!” M hurried to reassure him.


    Loretta was too distracted to notice Zach’s anger. She staggered back and asked, “Are you really my granddaughter?”


    Both M and Sally reached out to help her at the same time, but it was Sally who got to her


    first.


    “Grandma, don’t listen to her nonsense. You can find that stuff online,” Sally said.


    “Grandma, ask me anything about when I was a kid and I’ll tell you,” M chimed in.


    Tears welled up in Loretta’s eyes as she looked at Sally and then at M. M let out a deep sigh and decided to ignore Loretta for the time being.


    “Many of you here today are old friends of my grandparents who have watched me grow up. I’m talented in many areas before the age of ten and fluent in severalnguages before the age


    of 14.


    “I believe this fraud knows nothing at all,” M said.


    Sally’s concern grew. Just then, an elderly man with white hair stepped forward. “Do you remember me? I’m your great uncle,” said Seth Hoffis, Zach’s younger brother.


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    M had no recollection. She asked, “Can you give me another clue?”


    “When you were eight, you did something great in my study that cost your grandfather a lot<strong>of</strong>money,” Seth replied.


    M’s memory shed back. Sheughed and said, “Great–Uncle Seth! I’m sorry I broke that old porcin vase of yours.”


    “You must be Sally!” Seth eximed.


    More people came forward to confirm M’s identity.


    “If you’re Sally, do you remember me? I’m Vincent, and I used to be your deskmate,” asked Vincent Collins, a well–mannered man in his twenties.


    M had long forgotten what Vincent looked like, but she remembered the name. “I wasn’t your deskmate. You were Nate’s deskmate.”


    Are you sure?”


    “Absolutely. I’m a few years younger than you and Nate. I did well in ss at the time-”


    M paused. Her eyes drifted to Nathan, who was watching her with a calm gaze. She had pushed herself to study hard and skipped a few grades just to be in the same ss as Nathan.


    “I skipped three grades and became your ssmate because I wanted to learn more. I was short then and sat in the front row.


    “You were the tallest kid in the ss and you sat in the back row. And you were the ss representative for three years in a row.“