Chapter 244 Is this Woman your Daughter or Not?
The Moore couple’s faces changed when they saw their daughter in the footage. They were more shocked when they saw their daughter ruthlessly slapping her niece. They didn’t know that Valeria was so cruel.
Mr Taylor senior looked at the Moore couple and asked, “Is this woman your daughter or not?”
Mr Moore was so ashamed. He nodded his head and replied, “This is our daughter, Valeria. We were not aware that she had visited her niece. We apologize on her behalf for hurting my granddaughter.”
Mr Taylor senior sneered, “Where were you for the past five years? Did the Taylor family stop you from visiting your granddaughter?”
Mr Moore was so ashamed and replied, “No. We decided to stay out of Sage’s life because her mother lied to us.”
Mr Taylor senior looked at Mrs Moore and said, “You denied receiving a call from your daughter. However, in the footage, your daughter was talking with someone on the phone, and she called her ‘Mom’, weren’t you?”
Mrs Moore shook her head and replied, “I don’t know who she called, but it wasn’t me. Also, we were not aware that she was visiting the Restoration Group. If we had known, we would have stopped her.”
Mr Taylor senior looked at Sage and said, “Sage, you have accused your paternal grandmother of lying. Please ask your maternal grandmother if she received a call from your paternal grandmother recently.”
Sage looked at her maternal grandmother and asked, “Grandma, did my paternal grandma call you recently?” Mrs Moore took her phone and replied, “She indeed called me, and I recorded our conversation.” Then she played the recording.
Tears streamed down Sage’s face. It was clear that Aunt Valeria was lying to her. Did she still have a grudge against her late sister?
Mrs Moore looked at her granddaughter and said, “I am sorry that Valeria beat you up to frame your stepmother. However, I will never acknowledge you as my granddaughter. Your mother hurt my family badly.
The issue of your last name being Moore was our decision. We asked your mother not to register her marriage at Home Affairs. Hence, your last name was Moore.
Since her last name was Moore, when she passed away, we buried her in the Moore graveyard.
We agreed as a family to raise you as my youngest daughter when your mother was no more because we didn’t want Valeria to be a stepmother. After your mother’s betrayal, we cut ties with you.
Also, Valeria lied to you about your mother’s death. Your mother died because she had stomach cancer, and no one killed her. When we discovered her sickness, it was too late. She was in an advanced stage of cancer and there was no cure.
At that time, she was still dating your father, but we didn’t tell the Taylor family that your mother was sick because we wanted your aunt to marry your father in your mother’s place.
After your mother and your father got married, she got pregnant with you that’s when the Taylor family discovered that she was sick.”
Mr Taylor senior looked at Mrs Moore and said, “Why don’t you try to call your daughter again? We don’t want you to accuse us of hurting your daughter.”
Mrs Moore took her phone and dialed her daughter’s number. When it was connected, she put it on speaker and asked, “Hello Valeria, where are you?”
There was too much noise in the background. Valeria excused herself, she went to a corner and replied, “Hello Mom, I am with my friends. One of my friends is celebrating her birthday.”
Her mother heaved a sigh of relief and asked, “Why did you hurt your niece?” Valeria sneered, “I was avenging myself because her late mother betrayed me. What? How do you know that it was me? Did Sage tell on me?”
Her mother was dumbfounded and replied, “There was a surveillance camera in Sage’s room. Hence, they know that it was you who beat your niece up.”Property © NôvelDrama.Org.
Valeria was so upset and said, “Mom, I will not apologize for beating her up. That child is evil-hearted. Please don’t bring her home with you, Mom. She will stab us in the back like her mother did to us.”
Her mother was dumbfounded and said, “Valeria, please come to the Taylor mansion to apologize for hurting their granddaughter.” Valeria sneered, “She deserved it. I am sorry, Mom. My friends are calling me.” Then she hung up.
Mr Taylor senior looked at his daughter-in-law and said, “Please pack Sage’s clothes, she will be staying at the Moore mansion from today.” His daughter-in-law nodded her head then she went to Sage’s room to pack her clothes.
Mr Taylor senior looked at Sage and said, “Sage, from today onwards you are no longer the Taylor family child. As long as you are here, the Taylor family will never have peace. You are like a ticking time bomb.”
Sage looked at her Great grandpa with sadness in her eyes and replied, “I have learned my lesson, Great grandpa. I will never allow the Moore family to deceive me again. Please forgive me, Great grandpa.”
Mr Taylor senior ignored her and asked Butler Blade to accompany him to his room.
A few minutes later, Mrs Taylor placed two big suitcases in front of Mrs Moore and said, “Please take your granddaughter and leave.”
Mrs Moore looked at her former best friend and replied, “Didn’t you hear me when I said I would never acknowledge her as my granddaughter? I have nothing to do with her.”
Mrs Taylor calmed herself down and said, “According to her birth certificate she belongs to the Moore family. My son didn’t want to have a child, but you forced them to have a child by faking your sickness.
Also, your daughter was not legally married to my son. So, it is not our responsibility to raise your grandchild. Please take your grandchild and leave.”
Mrs Moore didn’t know what to say because Mrs Taylor was telling the truth. However, her daughter had warned her not to take Sage home because she was evil-hearted. She was in a dilemma.
Butler Blade took Sage’s suitcases, then he looked at the Moore couple and said, “Please follow me.”
Sage had mixed feelings about her maternal family. She sensed that the Moore family didn’t love her. They wanted to use her to create havoc in the Taylor family.
She looked at her father with sadness in her eyes and said, “Daddy, I don’t want to leave. I promise to be a good child and I will never lie again.”
Her father looked at her coldly and replied, “You told us several times that you wanted to stay at the Moore mansion. Hence, your Great grandpa granted you your wish. Please don’t bother us anymore.
If Valeria had asked you to kill my wife, she would be at the mortuary as we speak. I don’t trust you anymore. I will be anxious every time you are in the same room with my wife. I can’t live my life like that.”