Chapter 502 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“I don’t know why you came back, or what you want from Harry, but I won’t let you get anywhere close to him. If you so much as go ten feet near him as you did earlier without Aaron’s permission, I will expose you for what you are to the world. I will also tell everyone how you stole your father’s money and ran away from home claiming to be an orphan!” Celsie warned, and Sara’s brows pulled together.

Her assistant had said Celsie was Janet’s daughter, and now she was saying she was Aaron’s daughter. Who was she going to believe?

But seeing how Celsie knew exactly who she was, did that mean Aaron had possibly found out about her family and he knew Janet too? Was it possible that Janet had helped Aaron raise their daughter? Was that why Celsie was dating Harry’s best friend? There was no way all of this could be a coincidence, could there be?

Now she regretted paying attention to only Janet, Aaron, and Harry, and not paying attention to all the other details the private investigator had gathered on their friends and acquaintances. She picked up her wineglass with trembling hands and gulped down the entire content.

“Who are you?” Sara asked, watching Celsie closely.

“I already told you who I am. Do I need to spell it out? I am the daughter you sold. Harry’s twin sister, who was raised by your own twin sister,” Celsie said, and to her satisfaction, Sara’s eyes widened ever so slightly in shock.

“How is that possible?” Sara asked in disbelief. It didn’t make any sense.

“How is it possible? I suppose you are wondering how it happened. How he found me after you sold me and how I ended up with your twin sister, am I right?” Celsie asked, wanting her to talk so she could get the evidence she needed.

Until Sara says the words with her mouth confirming that she had sold Aaron’s daughter, it would remain just a suspicion and mere speculation. Celsie wanted tangible evidence so that she could confidently ask Benne to look into it.

“Surely you must have heard the saying that no secret stays hidden forever. Aaron and Janet might have been kindhearted enough to hide the truth of your wickedness from the world because deep down they did not want to cause any problems for you, but I’m nothing like them. I’m your daughter, after all, and I have your evil heart. I won’t hesitate to create problems for you if you cause any more problems for Harry and Aaron,” Celsie threatened when Sara just kept staring at her without saying a word, and maybe it was because Sara could see that she genuinely meant the threat, Sara sat up.

Sara looked at Celsie, not entirely sure of what was going on. If everything Celsie was saying was the truth, and they all knew what she had done, then she couldn’t approach Harry as she had wanted to. She had been counting on Harry and Aaron never finding out the truth about their daughter. Now Harry would most likely not listen to her apology or the explanation she had rehearsed to give him.

“How do I know you are really my daughter?” She asked skeptically, and Celsie smiled as she slowly picked up her wineglass and took a sip before gently dropping it on the table.

At that point Celsie remembered the saying, ‘It takes a monster to destroy a monster’. In similar fashion, only a liar and a con artist could destroy a liar and con artist like Sara.

“What do you need? A DNA test to prove it?” Celsie asked, and Sara gave her a nod.

“Yes, I do.”

Immediately, Celsie raised a hand to her head and plucked out a strand of her hair, “Alright. What happens if I let you have this and you get the proof you need? Will you tell me why you sold me?” Celsie asked, and Sara frowned, suspecting that this could be a trap.

“I don’t know what you are talking about. My daughter died,” Sara said, and Celsie smirked as she dropped the hair strand on the table between them.

“Did she? Who am I then? I wonder why you need a DNA test to confirm if I am your daughter if you really believe that your daughter died. For a brief moment, I was almost willing to believe that Aaron was wrong about you, and maybe the error was from the doctor not you,” Celsie said, and seeing that Celsie was not buying her act, Sara shook her head as a pool of tears gathered in her eyes.

“I never sold my daughter. I swear I never knew you were alive, I really thought you died. I think the doctor tricked me into believing you were dead,” she cried deciding to take the escape route Celsie had just offered, but Celsie scoffed.

“Really? Is that the best you can come up with? I feel rather disappointed. Knowing how well you conned Aaron, I expected you to come up with a more original lie than this,” Celsie said with a shake of her head, and Sara sighed.

“What are you trying to achieve by doing this?” Sara asked, not understanding why Celsie was going back and forth with her.

She still didn’t know what to think, but one thing she knew was that Celsie knew a lot about her past, and seeing how she was connected to both Janet and Aaron, it was possible that she was telling the truth.

“I need the truth from you! And I want an apology. A sincere apology. That is the only way I can forgive you for what you did to me and our family,” Celsie said as tears gathered in her eyes.

Sara took a deep breath as she looked at Celsie who was taking out her hankie from her handbag to wipe her tears. All she wanted was the truth and an apology? She didn’t regret anything she had done. Had she not done all of that she would never have gotten to where she was. She had made sacrifices that needed to be made and she wasn’t sorry for them.

However, if admitting that she was wrong and offering an apology was all it would take to fix things with Celsie and get what she wanted from them, then she could tell her what she wanted to hear. If she was able to fix things with her, she was sure Celsie could help her find a way to fix things with Janet and Harry too.

Sara took a deep breath as she met Celsie’s gaze, “I didn’t sell you. The couple needed a child and I had two. They were wealthy and I believed that they would take better care of you than Aaron. I wanted you to have a good life. I know there is no excuse or justification for all I did…”

“Are you trying to tell me you didn’t get anything out of it? Am I supposed to believe that after everything I know about you?” Celsie cut in, unable to believe that someone as selfish as Sara would do something that did not benefit her financially.

“Fine. In exchange, they got me a house, and a car, and helped me get endorsement deals. When I heard of their death, I wanted to find out what happened to you, but I was at the peak of my career then so I couldn’t risk the scandal. Giving you away the way I did was wrong, and I’m sorry. Please forgive me,” Sara said as a tear slid down her cheek.

“Thank you. I feel much better now,” Celsie said with a sigh, glad that she now had the proof she needed that Aaron’s daughter did not die that day.

“I will try to talk with Aaron and Harry so they can forgive you. I will get back to you,” Celsie promised, and Sara smiled.

“You will do that for me?” Sara asked in mock surprise, and she smiled when Celsie bobbed her head.

“Could you help me talk to Janet too?” Sara asked hopefully, and Celsie smiled.

“Sure. I will. I will like us to put all this behind us and live as one happy big family. If I may ask, what is wrong with you? Aaron said you were ill,” Celsie asked, wanting to understand if she had come back because she wanted to reconcile with her family and have them around her, or because she wanted something else.

Judging by all she knew about her self-centeredness, and the attitude she had put up initially when she talked to Aaron over the phone and when they just arrived, Celsie could bet that she was back because she needed something, and not simply because she wanted a reunion with Harry and Janet.

If a family reunion was what she wanted, she would have been more polite to Aaron. But seeing how she was trying to reunite with just Harry and Janet, something told Celsie this was related to her health and she possibly needed their help.

“It is called PSC. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis,” Sara said with a sad smile not sure it was wise to tell her yet that she needed a liver transplant. She would need to get close enough and buy their trust before letting them know about it.

“I’m sorry, I don’t know what that is, but I hope it isn’t too serious, and you will be fine?” Celsie asked, making a mental note to look it up on Google or ask Lucas about it.

“I will be fine. I’m glad I met you today. I’d love to hang out with you and get to know you better. Can you do that for me?” Sara asked, and Celsie smiled.

“Sure. I would love that too. I would love to hear about Milan and all the fun places you have visited,” Celsie said, and Sara smiled, glad that Celsie was just as easy to fool as Aaron was.

“You are truly my daughter,” Sara said, but Celsie shook her head when she saw Aaron returning to the table. There was no need to play nice anymore. She had gotten all she came for.

Although Celsie knew that she was taking a risk by telling her the truth, she also knew that Sara was eventually going to find out the truth once they walked out of the restaurant, and she would rather deal with it now.

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