Chapter 1449 First Night with the Silversteins
“He’s a friend of mine. I’ll invite him out for a meal with all of us sometime soon!” Nigel agreed with a smile. He was more than happy to oblige.
Jessie shared briefly about her life at the orphanage. Fortunately, the director at the orphanage had been a kind, motherly figure who treated Jessie well. Although the orphanage was poor, Jessie’s childhood had been filled with love and joy.
It went without saying that Brandon and Maggie were determined to thank the director at the orphanage. They were also going to provide as much help as they could to the orphanage.
“Jessie, my dear child.” Maggie held Jessie in her arms all this while as if she was making up for the lost time. Jessie could sense the love her parents had for her, as well as the remorse they felt for all the years of separation.
However, in Jessie’s eyes, being reunited with her family was her greatest joy in life. She felt a weight lifted off her shoulders after knowing that her parents were still alive and healthy.
After dinner, Nigel left, and Queenie took Jessie to her room. The Silverstein couple couldn’t wait to refurbish a room for Jessie. The one that Bonnie used had been turned into a storage room.
The couple didn’t want Jessie to stay in that room either. They didn’t want their precious daughter to be tainted by the room’s previous owner.
With Brandon and Maggie’s permission, Queenie filled Jessie in on everything that happened in the past year.
Jessie could hardly believe her ears. Someone pretended to be me and leeched off the family? She even spent over a million of the family’s money?
Nevertheless, Jessie rejoiced at the imposter’s outcome. She was back now. No one could use her identity again.
That night, Brandon and Maggie were so ecstatic that they couldn’t sleep a wink. It was as if the long nightmare had ended and had been replaced by the sweetest dream they could have.
Their youngest daughter had truly come home to them.
“Jessie. It’s a lovely name,” Maggie remarked with a sigh.
“Jessie Silverstein. It rolls right off the tongue. From now on, we have both our daughters with us.”
“I know! My dream has always been to see both our daughters marry and start their own families. I’m sure it’ll come true now.”
Back in Queenie’s room, the two sisters had much to talk about too. They stayed up talking until the wee hours of the morning before they finally went to sleep.
It was the next morning.
Jessie hadn’t brought much with her, so she wore one of Queenie’s dresses. When she came downstairs, the maid couldn’t recognize who she was and called out, “Good morning, Miss Queenie!”
Jessie blinked and chuckled. “It’s me, Jessie.”
“Oh! I’m so sorry! Miss Jessie, you and Miss Queenie are so similar. I couldn’t tell you apart.”
“It’s fine.” Jessie smiled. She was an easygoing person.
When she came out to the garden, Brandon and Maggie also had to stare for a few moments before recognizing that she was Jessie.
“Come over here, Jessie,” Maggie called out to her.
Jessie went over to her right away. Maggie admired her daughter’s radiant beauty under the sunlight and felt deeply satisfied.
Brandon spoke up from the side. “Jessie, your mother and I have discussed things and we want to hold a dinner party. We want to invite all of our family and friends to come and get to know you.”
Jessie nodded. “Sure! I want to meet my other relatives too.”
“That’s decided, then. We’ll hold it tomorrow night,” Maggie declared happily.
Queenie came out to the garden. She had just talked to Nigel and confirmed that she and her family were going to have dinner with him tonight.
“Make sure to invite Mr. Gilmore. We need to thank him properly,” Maggie reminded Queenie without noticing that her youngest daughter was blushing hard. Mom, do you know that Mr. Gilmore is the biggest celebrity in the industry? It’s hard for anyone to invite him to anything!
“Don’t worry, Mom! I asked Nigel to invite him,” Queenie assured with a smile. She was certain that Nigel could get Julian to join them.
“Mom, I want to take Jessie to the mall.” Queenie wanted to go shopping with her sister.
