chapter966

Lydia just stood there, watching Lucinda with a cool, distant look on her face.

Connor's brow was furrowed. He didn't bother to hide his disgust as he stared at Lucinda.

Kylie stepped back, her eyes wide in disbelief, like she didn't even know Lucinda anymore.

"Lucinda, even if your sister didn't want to go public with who she is, you shouldn't have told everyone she was just our adopted daughter. And you let them think your sister stole Connor and that she was involved with Elliot? Lucinda, you've really let us down."

Cameron could barely believe it either. He never imagined Lucinda would talk about Lydia like this to her friends.

Lucinda, what happened to you? You're not the girl we used to know, he said, remembering when Lucinda had always been sweet, thoughtful, and understanding. Now, she was someone else entirely.

Lucinda broke down, tears falling as she dropped to her knees and grabbed Cameron's sleeve. Dad, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have told them she was your adopted daughter. But that's all I said, I swear. I had no idea about any of the other things they did. I never wanted to hurt her."

"But you told them Lydia stole Connor. How could you be so careless? Did you " Kylie started, but Lucinda interrupted her before she could finish.

"No, Mom, I swear I didn't. They just twisted my words. I'm with Caspian now. It's not like what they're saying at all. I never wanted to compete with my sister. Why won't you believe me?" Lucinda was sobbing so hard she could barely get the words out, looking completely devastated.

The police standing nearby could only watch, helpless.

Right now, there was no proof tying Lucinda to Leila's kidnapping of Lydia. Lucinda had definitely misled her, but that was a family issue, not something the police could get involved in.

"Mr. Norwood, Mrs. Norwood, we'll keep investigating. But as for the situation between your daughters..."

Cameron quickly apologized. "Thank you, officers, and I'm so sorry. This is our failure as parents. We'll talk to her at home. But please, do your best to get to the

bottom of Lydia's kidnapping. We want the truth."

"Don't worry, we will," one of the officers replied.

Cameron and Kylie turned to Lydia. "Come on, Lydia, let's go home."

Lydia nodded. "Alright."

Then she looked at Connor. "You should head home too."

Connor glanced at Lucinda, still kneeling on the floor, and realized this was a Norwood family matter He didn't want to get involved. He just nodded. "Okay. If anything comes up, call me."

"Okay."

Kylie frowned and said, Lucinda, get up. We'll talk about this at home," still struggling to understand how Lucinda had changed so much.

After Lydia came back, they never thought about sending her to her biological family. Instead, they asked her to stay, treating her like one of their own. The whole family still loved and spoiled her, just like

before. Wasn't that enough?

But Lucinda shook her head, her eyes red and swollen. "It's my fault my sister got hurt. I should have told everyone sooner that she's your real daughter. I can't come home. Dad, Mom, thank you for everything for everything you've done for me. I'll never forget

it."

With those words, Lucinda got up, wiped her tears, and suddenly ran out the door.

She was gone before Kylie and Cameron could react.

"Lucinda!" Kylie called after her.

A few police officers noticed how upset Lucinda was and quickly said, "Go after her, make sure she's okay!"

In an instant, everyone rushed out, chasing after Lucinda.