Chapter 945
“It doesn’t matter p>
Serena’s expression was unreadable. “Just tell me what you know. I’ll handle the rest p>
Lydia stared at Serena’s completely untroubled face.
She looked like a regal queen sitting upon a throne.
Someone who could flip the world upside down with a wave of her hand.
She didn’t seem to care about the so-called Doyle family at all.
It made sense p>
If Serena were truly afraid of the Doyles, she wouldn’t have humiliated Bianca in the
first place.
Her attitude toward Bianca made it clear she had never once viewed her as a threat.
Staring at Serena’s stunning, composed face p>
An endless wave of hope washed over Lydia.
She recounted everything she knew.
She and Faith had both escaped the Backwoods.
Even though it was the twenty-first century.
In those forgotten, isolated places, archaic traditions still ruled.
For example, because Lydia was a girl, she was given a derogatory, worthless name to signify her lack of value.
And because Faith was the firstborn and her parents only wanted a son, she was named to literally mean ‘Bring a Brother p>
Where they came from p>
A girl’s only purpose was to slave away for the men in the family.
And eventually, be sold off for a hefty price to fund their brothers’ futures.
They had fought tooth and nail to escape that life.
Fighting desperately to crawl out of the mud.
Neither wanted to end up trapped in the mountains, married off to some deadbeat, wasting away for the rest of their lives.
So, they poured everything they had into their studies.
Earning scholarships with their flawless grades.
Using those grades to attract the attention of educators.
Forcing their parents to let them stay in school.
They had finally made it to Elyndor’s most prestigious university, Marington College.
But this elite institution was packed with the most brilliant minds from across the country.
Their standard scholarships were barely enough to survive.
If it hadn’t been for the Doyle family’s funding.
They would have never been able to leave the Backwoods for Marington.
Faith’s grades had always been higher than Lydia’s, showing a massive talent in biopharmaceuticals.
Her plan was to graduate, join Doyle Pharmaceuticals, and repay her sponsors. But two months ago p>
Faith excitedly told Lydia that she had been selected for a specialized overseas training camp Onees she returned, she would go straight into the Doyle labs as a lead researcher.
On top of that, the Doyles had wired her family a two-hundred-thousand-dollar bonus.
“Before she left, something was wrong with her,” Lydia choked out. “She had constant nosebleeds, and her temper would randomly flare up. It was completely out of character. We went to the doctor, but they jüsi said it was stress from exams p>
“Then, the Doyle family sent someone to take her for a full-body checkup. After that… they said shez had a special constitution, that she was a rare genius, and they needed to send her abroad for intensive training p>
“She was so excited before she left. She said she’d do everything she could to repay them,” Lydia cried. “But… after I put her on that plane, I never heard from her again p>
“I called, I emailed. Nothing p>
“Serena, I know it in my gut… something happened to her p>
“Even if she didn’t want to talk to me anymore, she wouldn’t just ignore her own family’s calls p>