In the living room, Lila stared at the photo frame on the shelf.
She rubbed her eyes hard, thinking she might be seeing things. But no, she wasn't mistaken—the woman in the photo was unmistakably Stella Summers.
Stella Summers, the once-beloved national idol, hailed as the brightest gem of her generation.
So, Ethan is Stella Summers' child?
Lila was stunned. She realized she might have just stumbled upon a huge secret.
But then, something didn't add up.
The ages didn't seem right. Ethan was seventeen, and if she remembered correctly, Stella Summers was only sixteen or seventeen herself seventeen years ago, right at the peak of her idol career. How could she have had a child back then?
Could she have guessed wrong? Lila had no answers.
She recalled that Stella Summers had suddenly retired ten years ago and disappeared from the public eye. But she never expected to be reminded of her in this way today.