Meredith widened her eyes as she looked at the woman in front of her while at a loss. She was beyond shocked when she saw the piercing and proud gaze staring back at her.

“You… Vera, what do you mean? What does my past have to do with you?”

“Does it not?” Madeline put her face closer to hers. “Look at my face. Without going against your conscience, can you say that what you’ve done in the past has nothing to do with me?”

“...”

Meredith’s heart was racing.

The face in front of Meredith remin