Unrepairable Love

Chapter 791

Henry reached out to support Elizabeth. Elizabeth waved her hand, removing his hand. “Thank you, Mr. Russell,” she said, and quickly left. She needed to go to the lounge to drink some water and eat something; otherwise, she might be the next one needing rescue.

As soon as Elizabeth entered the lounge, Isadora came in, holding some food. She handed it to Elizabeth. “Elizabeth, Mr. Russell asked me to buy this for you.”

Elizabeth paused for a moment. Isadora smiled. “Mr. Russell is actually quite nice.” Elizabeth didn’t say anything. Yes, when Henry wasn’t protecting Esme, he was indeed a good person. When Elizabeth thought about how Esme wasn’t Henry’s biological sister, but he still treated her so well, she admired him even more. He really had good emotions.

Elizabeth took a sip of water and bit into her bread. She couldn’t help but ask Isadora, “You mentioned earlier that Ellen has a secret that everyone knows about. What is it?” Elizabeth was very curious. However, she guessed it had something to do with Ellen’s child being switched at birth, but she wanted to know the whole story.

“I only know a little bit,” Isadora replied. “I heard from two senior colleagues that when the youngest daughter of the Russell family was born, their family had offended someone. The daughter was taken away right after she was born. When Ellen found out, she was devastated and attempted suicide. That’s why I was looking for Ellen’s old records earlier; we wanted to see her previous medical history.”

Isadora took a bite of her bread and continued, “Ellen’s suicide attempt failed, and she fell into severe depression. She was depressed for three whole years, coming to the hospital every day asking for her daughter. Later, to comfort her, Leon adopted a daughter!” After saying this, Isadora immediately shut her mouth.

So, the secret Isadora mentioned was that Esme wasn’t Ellen’s biological daughter but an adopted replacement! Elizabeth gasped, “And then?”

“You probably don’t know why the Russell family treats Esme so well, do you?” Isadora smiled. Elizabeth shook her head; she really didn’t know.

“I heard that back then, Leon consulted a fortune teller,” Isadora explained. “The fortune teller told Ellen that as long as they treated Esme, the adopted child, well, their biological daughter who was taken away would receive the same treatment and wouldn’t suffer. Years later, she would definitely return to them! But if they treated Esme poorly, their biological daughter would also have a hard time.”

Elizabeth twitched her mouth. So superstitious?

“Very superstitious, right?” Isadora said. “But for Ellen in that state, it was a great thing. She devoted herself entirely to Esme, and since Esme was beautiful and charming, Ellen’s mood did stabilize a bit, and she stopped attempting suicide.”

So that was what happened. No wonder Henry was looking for his biological sister while treating Esme so well.

“That fortune teller wasn’t in cahoots with Esme, was he?” Elizabeth chuckled, finding it hard not to be suspicious.

Isadora shrugged. “We heard this from a senior colleague. The newer doctors at the hospital know less and less about these things. Back then, this incident was a big deal; you could find news about it easily.”

“Really,” Elizabeth said, and didn’t ask any more questions. Someone outside called for Isadora, and she sighed, “They’re killing me. I’m off!”

Elizabeth nodded, seeing Isadora off, and quickly finished the bread in her hand. Then she opened her phone and searched for the Russell family. She thought she might find something, but when she clicked in, there was nothing. The news about the Russell family was all recent: Esme’s arrest, the Russell Group’s termination of contracts with the Tudor Group—various news seemed to be trying to crush the Russell family.

Elizabeth thought for a moment, then logged into Base M and opened the information database. There might be no information about the Russell family online, but Base M’s database had records from a hundred years ago to the present! She entered the Russell family into Base M’s database, and countless posts popped up instantly. News records showed that in 1997, there was a fire at Lisbun Central Hospital, and Ellen’s biological daughter went missing.