Chapter 324
\nReturn Of The Real Heiress: Secrets And Masks novel Chapter 324<\/p>\n
Chapter 324<\/p>\n
Cherise bent down and lifted the floorboard. Underneath, she found several items that looked like letters. She picked up one letter and unfolded it. As she read, a smile slowly spread across her face.<\/p>\n
The letter read: [A new male teacher has arrived. He\u2019s quite handsome, like one of those movie stars. If I weren\u2019t a widow with a daughter, I\u2019d have confessed to him!]<\/p>\n
The date was thirty years ago, and it was signed Amelia.<\/p>\n
The handwriting was unmistakably her grandmother\u2019s.<\/p>\n
At that time, Cherise\u2019s mother was still a child, and Cherise had not yet been born.<\/p>\n
Cherise smiled and reached for the second letter.<\/p>\n
[Luckily, I didn\u2019t confess to the new teacher. Turns out, he\u2019s with the female teacher from the class next door. She has a loud voice and a petty nature.<\/p>\n
[She treats the students unfairly and secretly accepts bribes from parents. Those who end up together are probably drawn to each other because of similar qualities, so I should count myself fortunate.<\/p>\n
[A widow with a daughter is fine. I\u2019m not penniless, and I don\u2019t have to answer to anyone. Life is free and easy!)<\/p>\n
Once again, the date was from thirty years ago, and the signature was Amelia.<\/p>\n
Cherise chuckled as she read the letters. No wonder they had been hidden so carefully under the floorboard.<\/p>\n
They seemed like nothing more than casual thoughts her grandmother had written during moments of rest.<\/p>\n
Just as she had remembered, her grandmother had always been optimistic, always looking at the bright side of life.<\/p>\n
Since her grandmother had kept them here, it only made sense to return the letters to their original hiding place.<\/p>\n
Cherise carefully folded the letters and placed them back under the floorboard.<\/p>\n
No wonder she hadn\u2019t found them when she first arrived\u2013the letters had been so well\u2013hidden, pressed tightly under a large<\/p>\n
chest.<\/p>\n
Once everything was back in place, Cherise picked up the floorboard and was about to put it back.<\/p>\n
But just before she set it down, she paused.<\/p>\n
Slowly, she turned the board over.<\/p>\n
Sure enough, something was attached to the back\u2013a small photo.<\/p>\n
The photo was laminated, and on the back, there were a few lines of tiny, almost faded writing.<\/p>\n
The ink was so blurry that she had to squint, feeling as if she needed a magnifying glass to read it.<\/p>\n
Cherise carefully lifted the photo, mindful of its delicate attachment, and turned it over, careful not to tear it.<\/p>\n
The writing was still barely legible, so she flipped it back to examine the front.<\/p>\n
As soon as she saw the photo, her heart skipped a beat.<\/p>\n
It was the same photograph of Jason\u2019s grandmother.<\/p>\n
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In fact, it was identical to the photo Jason had shown her.<\/p>\n
A thousand thoughts rushed through her mind in an instant, flashing by too quickly to catch.<\/p>\n
But for just a moment, she had been surprised; now, she was calm and focused.<\/p>\n
The more she appeared calm, the faster her mind worked.<\/p>\n
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After securing the photograph, Cherise placed the other items back and carefully put the floorboard back in place.<\/p>\n
She stood up, placed the photograph on the desk, and scanned the secret room one last time.<\/p>\n
Her movements were slow and careful, her eyes sharp, as though she was trying to take in<\/p>\n
The room was small, but she inspected every corner, leaving nothing unchecked.<\/p>\n
every detail.<\/p>\n
She went over the books, the drawers, and the tiles on the walls.<\/p>\n
She moved quickly, almost as if afraid she might miss something, and checked everything again.<\/p>\n
But in the end, aside from the photograph, there were no other clues.<\/p>\n
Cherise left the secret room, taking the photograph with her.<\/p>\n
She went into the study and sat at the desk.<\/p>\n
From the rightmost drawer, she pulled out a finely crafted magnifying glass and turned on the desk lamp.<\/p>\n
She carefully aligned the magnifying glass with the faint writing on the back of the photograph and focused intently.<\/p>\n
A slight feeling of nervousness flickered within her, but it was so faint that it was almost undetectable.<\/p>\n
The magnifying glass made the blurry text easier to see, though it was still unclear because of the age of the ink.<\/p>\n
But now, it was readable.<\/p>\n
Cherise focused hard, her gaze unblinking.<\/p>\n
The back of the photograph read: [I don\u2019t know where this photo came from, but Ms. Garcia said I have been carrying it since the first day I came to Saphira.<\/p>\n
[This woman in the photo is truly striking, more beautiful than any star in the spotlight!]<\/p>\n
The date marked was 45 years ago.<\/p>\n
Below, in smaller text, several more lines continued: [Today, I\u2019m looking at this photo again. Cherise is now fifteen years old, and she\u2019s blossomed into a beautiful young lady.<\/p>\n
[I kept wondering how she could be so lovely, and now I know\u2013it\u2019s because she looks just like you.<\/p>\n
[But how could she look like you? Could it be that, by thinking of you every day, my daughter gave birth to a girl as beautiful as you?<\/p>\n
[I\u2019m fascinated by how she resembles you. She is beautiful, breathtaking, and captivating. I still wonder, who are you really?\u201d Clever as ever, Cherise absorbed these words, her mind racing with new possibilities.<\/p>\n
The key points the first day came to Saphira, Ms. Garcia, thinking of you every day\u2013kept repeating in her mind.<\/p>\n
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