"Eveline?" Eloise snapped out of it and widened her big, pretty eyes. She examined Madeline with a critical gaze. Then, she shook her head. "This is not Eveline, no."

Madeline felt something within her breaking into pieces when she heard Eloise denying her.

She looked over at Eloise, who was behind Sean, with a cautious gaze as tears started flowing.

Madeline composed herself and said to Sean, "Why is she this way? Why can't she recognize me? Dad, what's going on?"

Sean let out a long sigh and said while feeling heartbroken, "It's all because of Lana."

"Lana?"

Sean nodded, his eyes gleaming with a deep hatred for Lana.

"Because of her, our house was burned into ashes. Your mom thought that you were burnt to death when the fire happened. Ever since then, she keeps saying she wants to look for you. Day in day out, she would keep muttering your name hundreds of times, or even thousands of times…"

At that point, Sean choked. He grasped Eloise's hand. His eyes were still brewing wit