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Thinking back to Fiona’s frustration at the time, Wendy couldn’t help but laugh. “Yeah,” she said.
So Aimee really might have had something to do with Caesar.
They couldn’t say for sure. Everything had to wait until Aimee was safely rescued.
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By the end of the workday, there was still no news from Waylon. The three of them decided to change locations and wait elsewhere. Chase had something to talk to Blanc about and told the two women to go ahead.
“Today, Mr. Fred and the others are out catching the suspects,” Chase said. “Keep a close eye on Sean. If he answers a call and his movements seem suspicious, have security pin him down immediately. Sean probably knows more than Madeline does.”
Blanc gave an okay gesture and asked, “They haven’t caught him yet?”
“Still no word,” Chase replied. “They’re setting up everything. It shouldn’t be a big issue. It’s just that Aimee’s identity is questionable. We need her alive.”
“Rescue’s not easy, but I believe in Mr. Fred’s ability,” Blanc said.
Everything outside moved at a surprisingly fast pace. By the time Aimee returned home, it was already the middle of the night.
Chase and Wendy were waiting in the dining room for news. Even Fiona had gone home.
“Safe,” Waylon texted Chase.
Wendy looked at the message, a little hesitant. “Should we tell Caesar? Is it too soon?”
“I think we shouldn’t get Caesar’s hopes up for nothing,” Chase said. “Aimee was treated at our hospital before. We have her blood type on file. Try to get a strand of Caesar’s hair. Cloud Hospital can run the test. Just bring it straight to me.”
Wendy nodded.
Aimee was brought back to her own house. She cried in her parents‘ arms for a long time. Waylon and Ryan stood nearby the entire time. Aimee’s parents repeatedly thanked every member of the task force.
Once things calmed down, Waylon said, “Ms. Aimee, please go to your room and try to recall the details. Lily, you’ll take her statement. Mr. Mike, we still have a few questions for you.”
“Yes, of course. Aimee, go ahead to your room. The officer will go with you,” Mike said quickly.
Aimee wasn’t actually scared. After working in foreign media for so many years, she had long gotten used to situations like this.
“Is Ms. Aimee your biological daughter?” Waylon asked directly.
Aimee’s parents froze, then looked at each other in disbelief. They clearly hadn’t expected Waylon to ask something like that.
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neighborhood. No one else was around.”
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It happened many years ago. After they brought Aimee home at age three, she got seriously ill and forgot everything before that agé.
They went through the legal adoption process and had raised Aimee as their own daughter ever since.
“How did you figure it out?” Mike asked.
Waylon thought of what Wendy and Chase had suspected. He had just asked casually–he hadn’t expected it
to be true.
“Genetically,” he said, “both of you have monolids. Ms. Aimee couldn’t naturally have double eyelids. Sure, girls like to enhance their looks, and it’s no big deal to get eyelid surgery. But hers look way too natural. I don’t think it’s from surgery.”
It was a very scientific observation. The Duncan couple had nothing to argue with.
“All these years, Aimee thought she was your real daughter. No one ever came looking for her?”
“My wife and I made some money later on and moved from our old neighborhood. It used to be over in Skyville Residence, pretty far from here. Also, before we completed the adoption, I spent a year taking Aimee around to look for her real family. We never found anything.”
So many years had passed that they had already treated Aimee as their own flesh and blood. Sometimes, they even forgot she wasn’t.
The neighbors had changed too. No one knew what Aimee’s real background was.
Given all this, it made it even more likely that Aimee could be Caesar’s sister.
Maybe fate was the one tying all those people together.
If Aimee hadn’t gotten caught up in Moses Group’s case, they might never have found her. No matter how hard Caesar looked, he wouldn’t have found a sister who had lost all her memories.
Waylon texted Chase: “Confirmed. Aimee was a found child. They legally adopted her. They found her near Skyville Residence when she was about three. No one was with her. Looks like she was abandoned.”
Chase replied: “Got it. Try to get a strand of Aimee’s hair. I want to compare it to Caesar’s.”
Waylon replied: “Will do.”
Putting away his phone, Waylon turned to Aimee’s father. “We may need a strand of Ms. Aimee’s hair. I hope that’s alright with you both.”
“Of course.”
Getting Caesar’s hair turned out to be pretty easy. A few days later, there was a joint meeting. Caesar and Mario attended as Typhoon Corp’s representatives, and Wendy showed up with Chase.
In the dressing room, Caesar was adjusting his collar.
“You look tired,” he said, glancing at Chase through the mirror. “Up late doing surgeries again?”
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