The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1008 The Truth

There was a breakfast shop nearby Cloud Advertising Company. Sheryl brought George to one of its VIP rooms. She knew he wanted to talk to her, and a private room could make it more convenient for their conversation.

She filled a cup of water for George and started, "Would you have some water first? Breakfast will be served later. You should try it. Their breakfast is really tasty."

"Thanks," he replied shortly. He was not in the mood to enjoy breakfast now.

"You're welcome," she smiled. She noticed his attitude and joked, "But it's really funny to meet both you and your mother on two consecutive days. I suddenly felt that I'm that busy. So what would you want from me?"

He tried to force a smile before he replied, "To be honest, the purpose of my visit is exactly the same as my mom's."

"I knew it." Sheryl nodded. Under George's amazed sights, she explained, "If I put myself in your shoes, I couldn't believe it either. You would've thought that it was only my one-sided accusation since you had spent days and nights with Holley. As far as you could tell, she is not the kind of person in my story. Am I right?"

Sheryl paused as she saw him nod slightly. Then she continued, "Moreover, the whole thing was too ridiculous for you to believe. I could totally understand your feelings right now."

"To be honest, I could not believe it at all when I first heard it. Not a bit!" George agreed. He frowned worriedly and added, "But I discovered something later that shook my confidence." He looked up at Sheryl. She could read the pain from the expression on his face.

"In fact, I had fluke mind when I came to you. I just wanted to double check it and to confirm whether it was true. Or maybe there was something wrong in between?"

"Nothing was wrong," Sheryl confirmed immediately. She knew he didn't want to accept it. "There were people in your life that you could never ignore, even if that person changed her appearance or her name. I could never forget her!" Sheryl stated. "Therefore, what you told my mom was true?" George couldn't help asking.

"Of course, it's true," she nodded. "When I initially met her, I was curious why she always tried to deliberately establish a close friendship with me. Then all of a sudden, she turned hostile. I felt that her behavio was somehow familiar. I grew suspicious at once, but I couldn't be sure that she was Yvonne until after the things that happened later," she sighed.

George was listening to her attentively, and she concluded, "There was too much coincidence. How was it possible for two entirely different persons to behave the same? And both were allergic to seafood? Moreover, since it was my mother's death anniversary several days ago, I paid a visit to her tomb, only to discover that someone else had been there. I couldn't think of anyone else who would've come there except for Yvonne."

"I knew about your relationship with her from the very beginning," George confessed. "Holley told me about it from the first time we met. But the things she told me were entirely different from your version. She told me that you caused her father's death. And you passed the buck to her mother. She also said that you used her mother as your scapegoat, so that she was..." George didn't finish it.

He then continued, "She also said that you managed to rob her of all their family's properties and even made her unable to live. Therefore, she came back to take her revenge." After Sheryl heard Holley's lame excuses, she couldn't help laughing. She shook her head. "Her explanation was too ridiculous and inconsistent. You never doubted it at all?"

"I did doubt it once," he smiled bitterly. "But every time I questioned her, she would get angry. So I didn't dare to ask her again. I trusted her and I thought that maybe there was just a misunderstanding between you two. But I really didn't expect that the whole thing was..."

"There were some materials for your reference. They were the news reports of the tragedy of our family." To convince him, Sheryl took out a few newspapers. "In fact, I was going to give them to your mother. But since you came to me already, I would just give it to you now," she added.

"You were not a fool. I think you could make the correct judgment to determine whether it was Holley or me who lied to you." She then handed the newspapers to George. Once he got a hold of them, he started reading through them carefully. His expression became more and more serious as he went through every article. Sheryl could tell from his reaction that she was able to convince him.

At that moment, breakfast was ready and the waiter started to serve their food. Sheryl invited George to have breakfast. "Let's eat first. The newspapers are yours now. You can take your time and read them later. I don't know how Holley was able to clean all the news on the internet. I couldn't find a bit of them in Google. But thank God I managed to find some in paper media. These reports were real!

In fact, when I figured out Holley's identity, I thought about telling you everything. But on second thought, you were already couple at that time. If I came to you and exposed her prematurely, you wouldn't believe me. So I postponed my plan.

But I really didn't expect that your mother would come to me. It was also good, because you would have the chance to know the truth. I felt quite guilty for hiding it from you for so long."

George was trembling with rage after he read over the newspapers. He sneered and talked to himself, 'Holley Ye! Holley Ye! For all those years, you didn't tell me a jolt of truth!' "It's my bad! I trusted her blindly. I was such an idiot to believe her!" He laughed at himself.

"You shouldn't say that," Sheryl comforted him. "You were just one of the victims of her plot. Holley is extremely tricky and cunning. I'm sure she would've fooled any other people in your position." "You didn't need to comfort me," George replied. "Now when I recall her lies, I feel so ashamed to have been fooled. Her lies were obviously lame but I believed them. How ridiculous!"

"Stop blaming yourself," Sheryl uttered. She looked at his upset face and reasoned with him, "Luckily, she didn't have the chance to hurt you after she was exposed. Since you knew the truth already, you should think on how you should deal with it. Anyway, Yvonne couldn't remain at large anymore."

She sighed, "Three years ago, she escaped from prison. She could have chosen not to come back and to live a peaceful life, but she insisted on taking her revenge. I hope that you wouldn't blame me when I fight back."

George echoed, "I really hope that she wouldn't have returned and would have lived a good life with me. But she..."