A Call That Changed Her Entire Life novel Chapter 182

Hiding herself behind the stone wall of the yard, Debby peeked from behind, trying to see what was happening in the yard. She was caught by confusion, when she noticed the odd interaction between Mark and Tina. However, her state of stupefaction was soon interrupted when Mark's inquisitive voice resonated in her ears.

"Who's there?" asked Mark.

Debby had always been intimidated by rich and powerful people. As soon as she heard Mark's voice, she was instantly overwhelmed with so much fear that she quickly ran away.

Tina turned her sights to where Mark was looking, but when she found that there was nothing out of the ordinary, she felt disappointed and walked back into the mansion.

Her brother, Mark, however, didn't follow Tina into the house. Instead, he walked towards the wall, ruminatively.

In the next few days, Debby sneaked in again around the mansion a few more times. When she found out Tina was living a luxurious life, her heart swelled up with pride.

As an ordinary woman, Debby never dared to dream that she could live such a comfortable life. However, when she realized that her daughter, who was now one of the wealthiest girls in Jingshi City, had everything that her birth mother could not enjoy, Debby's heart gladdened.

Debby became more convinced that she had made the right choice to change her own daughter with the baby of Tao family.

However, unknown to Debby, Mark was already keeping a watchful eye on her after he had caught her sneaking around the outer walls of the mansion. At first, Mark just kept alert in case Debby would do ill to Tina, but as time went by, he found that there was definitely more to it than met the eye.

For instance, one day, a box suddenly appeared at the door of Tina's mansion. Inside the box was a handmade sweater in pure white, made by high-quality wool. And its style and size fitted Tina perfectly. Although it was just a common sweater compared to her own expensive coats, for an ordinary white-collar worker, it might have been worth several months of wages.

Having realized that the sweater was made by Debby, Mark felt that things had gone from strange to down-right ridiculous.

Just as he had expected, Tina refused to put on the sweater and asked the servants to burn it as if it were just trash.

Soon after, Tina completely dismissed the sweater from her mind. However, Mark didn't, because when it came to Tina, he spared no details. So, one day, he called his secretary into his study for a task.

"Last time we met, I told you to carry out some investigation on that woman. How's it going?" asked Mark.

The secretary realized at once that Mark was asking him about the investigation in the relation to Tina and Emily's parents, as Mark wanted to know the reason behind Debby's weird behavior.

"Yes, Mr. Mark," the secretary answered. Then he continued,"As you know, Ms. Tina caught the Bai couple and humiliated them several times. After that, she paid no more visits to that hut she kept them captive, instead, she asked her guards to only provide the couple with minimal food." The secretary paused for a while before he finally decided to continue,"A few days later, Ms. Tina made an appointment with Emily and brought her parents to the outskirts of the city, where Emily's father kept shouting at Ms. Tina there, claiming that Ms. Tina was his real daughter. I concluded, that there must be something wrong with his mind..."

"What?" Astonished, Mark's dark eyes widened with anger, as he slammed his fist on the desk, almost cracking the wood on the surface.

The secretary, who could not tell whether Mark was beyond excited or angry, hesitated as he had no idea whether he should continue with the report or not, when suddenly Mark's voice came to him again.

"Go on," said Mark.

"Okay, Mr. Mark," replied the secretary, as he swallowed hard subconsciously and continued,"Emily's father kept yelling and claiming that nonsense. Obviously, no one believed his words. In the end, when Ms. Tina felt offended because she thought she was being humiliated by Emily's father, Mrs. Bai begged Ms. Tina and stopped her from killing that man."

Mark fell into silence after hearing the report. He stood there pensively, without uttering a word for a long while, before he opened his mouth again and said,"Take my hair and Tina's hair... for a DNA test."

The secretary rounded his eyes as if he could not understand Mark's order. He asked,"Mr. Mark?"

'Mr. Mark can't possibly believe the words of a blabbering mad man, can he?' the secretary wondered, 'is he really doubting his sister now?'

"Keep it on the hush-hush. Do not speak of what you've told me today to anyone else," said Mark in a cold and assertive tone as he glared at the secretary. His words were like a dagger held up against the secretary's throat. It was obviously a threat, and not a request. Mark added,"Do what I've asked you to do quietly. Do you understand?"

The secretary immediately collected himself, lowered his head and nodded his reply politely,"Yes, Mr. Mark."

After the secretary left, Mark stood at the window silently; with no expression on his face, he stared at the flying snowflakes. Although, from Mark's facial expression it was hard to determine what he was thinking, it was clear that he was deeply troubled by what he had discovered.

The result of the DNA test came in faster than Mark had expected. Much to his dismay, the test revealed that he and Tina had no blood relationship.

What did the result mean? It meant that what Emily's father claimed was likely to be true.

When Mark got the test report, he completely lost his mind. After all, anyone, who suddenly discovered that their favourite sister was actually not related to them by blood, would be on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

"Ha! Ha! Ha!" Mark burst out laughing, hysterically, as he gripped the report in his hand. The pleasure and excitement, which were buried deep in his mind, suddenly broke out of their binds and rushed out freely.

However, if Tina was really the daughter of Debby and Andrew, then who was Mark's sister, the biological daughter of his parents? Emily?

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Lately, Emily noticed that her mother was behaving strangely, and she sensed that Debby was hiding something from her. However, since Debby was adamant about keeping her secrets with her, Emily decided to stop questioning her. Instead, Emily began to wonder whether her mother felt more comfortable living in Haicheng City.

Emily decided to ask her parents to live in Jingshi City, but her parents, however, were not happy to see Emily and Jacob together. So she thought she'd better put away the idea for the time being.

One day, Emily took a day off and decided to go shopping with her mother.

"Mom, if you like anything in the store, just tell me, and I will buy it for you," said Emily, with a confident tone. She was feeling accomplished as she had just received a raise on her salary for doing a good job at the LA Company.

"Really?" staring at the jewelry display counter from distance, Debby asked, with an excited look on her face.

"Of course," Emily nodded.

Debby paused for a while, and reminded her daughter,"Emily, you should be more careful about how you spend your money. If you randomly spend Jacob's money, will he not get angry at you? As a girl, you should never depend on a man; otherwise, he will look down upon you. You should look at the both of you as two different individuals, coming from two different worlds..."

Emily shrugged and interrupted her mother,"Mom, what are you talking about? It's my own money. And these jewelries are goods produced by our company. I can get them at a good discount."

Emily took Debby's arm and walked into the store with her, assuringly.

"Good morning, Ms. Emily," said the salesgirl, as she recognized Emily at once and greeted her with a smile. Then she continued,"What brings you here today? For visitation?"

"Good morning," Emily nodded, smiling at the salesgirls, and then she continued in a soft voice,"No, I am shopping with my mother today."

Immediately, the salesgirl nodded at Emily. With a smile on her face, she turned to Emily's mother and said,"I see. Good morning, madam. We are the No.1 retail outlet of LA Company in Jingshi City. We have newest and most popular jewelries here. May I show them to you?"

"Thank you, but I will show them to my mother. I know you are busy," said Emily.

"Okay, Ms. Emily. Have a nice day."

"Thank you," Emily nodded. After the salesgirl walked away, Emily showed her mother around the store in a casual manner, as if she were at her own home.

The eyes of Emily's mother dazzled as she walked past some of the most beautiful and elegant jewelries she had ever laid eyes upon. How she wished she could bring them all back home with her.