When His Perfect Mask Shattered I Awoke (Anneliese) novel Chapter 461

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Chapter 461 The Woman in the Photo

Chapter 461 The Woman in the Photo

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Jonathan’s expression turned sharp, his tone icy enough to cut through steel. “Do I really have to teach you how to do your job?”

The person on the other end instantly started panicking, stumbling over their words in a rush to apologize and promise it wouldn’t happen again.

“See that it doesn’t,” Jonathan stated flatly before hanging up.

The line went dead just as a knock sounded at his office door.

Before he could respond, Zion entered, holding a thick file of documents. Jonathan raised an eyebrow, and Zion swiftly moved across the room to set the folder on his desk.

“Mr. Fullbuster,” he reported quickly, “we finally found something on the couple suspected of taking Mrs. Fullbuster from Mikita all those years ago. Hmm… you’d better see this yourself.”

Jonathan flipped open the file, scanning through the first few pages. Two glossy photos slipped free and slid across the desk. He picked them up.

The pictures showed an older couple and a young woman, all dressed in matching windbreakers, smiling against a backdrop of snow–capped mountains. The kind of photo ordinary families took on a weekend hike–warm, simple, happy.

Zion cleared his throat. “We can’t confirm for sure that this is the same couple, but everything points their way. The young woman in the photo is Sylvia Pollard, and here’s where it gets unusual–she shares the same birthday as Selina White.

“The story goes that after visiting Oceaton for infertility treatment, the couple returned with a baby girl, claiming they found her and legally adopted her shortly thereafter.”

Jonathan frowned. “Do you have pictures of the Whites?”

“Right here.” Zion swiped through his phone until he found photos of Timothy and Melanie, then handed it over.

Jonathan compared the photos side by side–the girl from the mountain photo and the Whites.

Zion came around the desk, leaning in to get a better look. His eyes widened. “D*mn. That girl looks more like Melanie Lawrence than Mrs. Fullbuster does. You don’t think… they got the wrong kid, do you?”

Jonathan’s face was unreadable, though his silence was heavier than words. He slid the photos and documents back across the table. “Where is she now? Verify her connection to the Whites.”

“She’s currently studying in Madfell,” Zion replied. “Should we loop Mrs. Fullbuster in? Another DNA test with her and the Whites would clear this up a lot faster.”

Jonathan leaned back in his chair, his jaw tightening. He thought about how many years Anneliese had suffered under the Whites! roof–how they’d made her feel like an outsider in her own home.

“Don’t tell her,” he spoke quietly. “Not yet. Confirm everything first. When it’s certain, I’ll tell her myself.”

He looked down at the photo again, at that smiling girl who might’ve been living the life Anneliese was meant to have.

Perhaps… not being White isn’t a tragedy after all. Maybe it’s finally her chance to be free.

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Chapter 461 The Woman in the Photo

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Meanwhile, two men in black suits unexpectedly entered the women’s restroom at Oceaton International Airport, startling two women at the sinks. The women screamed and quickly fled.

The guards approached the only locked stall, loudly banging on the door. “Mrs. Fullbuster, please come out immediately, or we’ll have to break it open!”

No response.

As one of them reared back to kick, the door suddenly swung open.

Elizabeth stepped out, her face pale but blazing with fury.

The guards hesitated–after all, she was Jonathan’s mother–but the echo of his earlier order still rang in their ears. None of them dared defy him twice.

One extended his hand. “Mrs. Fullbuster, please hand over your phone.”

Elizabeth’s glare could’ve set the room on fire.

She’d barely left Penelope’s place when three black cars boxed her in on the mountain road. Before she could even react, half a dozen men in black had piled out, forcing her into another car.

For a brief moment, she honestly believed she was being kidnapped.

Then the vehicle took a direct route to the airport. That’s when she realized what was really happening.

This wasn’t a kidnapping.

This was exile.

Her own family was throwing her out of Oceaton.

At first, she thought Penelope was behind it. The old lady had been threatening to make her leave for weeks, though she’d never actually followed through. Elizabeth had assumed this was just another one of her empty threats.

She hadn’t believed the bodyguards would lay a hand on her until one of them grabbed her arm and twisted hard enough to make her yelp. That’s when it hit her.

This wasn’t Penelope.

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