Blizzard, First Love and a Wife Who Finally Snaps novel Chapter 214

Julian told them the child was a trespasser, that someone had just left him at their gate, and that he had no connection to them.

"I can cover the medical bills, just consider it a good deed. But we don't know him. You can call the police."

The hospital then contacted the authorities.

The police had a delicate relationship with Julian, but they still brought Oliver over for a visit.

Oliver pointed at Isabel and declared, "She's my mom."

Isabel met his red-rimmed eyes without a flicker of emotion.

"I don't know him. I have my own child."

She gestured toward Edmund. "This is my son with Mr. Reed. My identity can also be verified; I'm from the Durantin family in the Fiorhaven Principality."

If she was a foreign national, the procedure became more complicated.

The Aurelia City police couldn't just take her away.

Their only option was to take Oliver back to the station.

They asked him about his father.

Oliver sat on a cold, metal chair, clutching a disposable paper cup of hot water a police officer had given him.

He didn't want to drink it.

He didn't want to be here.

But he couldn't prove Isabel was his mother.

And yet, she was.

It was only in this moment that he realized his mother might really not want him anymore.

So, after a long silence, he gave them Adrian's number.

Upon hearing the name Adrian, the police sensed the complexity of the situation.

In the end, their superior had to make the call to Adrian himself.

"Mr. Blackwell, good day. This is the Aurelia City Police Department. Your son..."

"Chief, I checked with our contacts in Westbridge. They say Isabel died in a lab explosion, and they even held a funeral. But Mr. Blackwell doesn't believe his wife is dead and has been investigating ever since. He found Mr. Reed's fiancée, an Isabel Ashford from the Durantin family, who looks identical to his late wife."

The chief rubbed his balding head.

So, Adrian was convinced that Isabel Ashford was his wife, Isabel Hayes.

Since it was inconvenient to make a move in Aurelia City, and Julian's people were surely watching her closely, his only option was to use the child.

If she was the real mother, she couldn't possibly watch her own child suffer, right?

But based on his officer's report, this Isabel Ashford really didn't seem like Oliver's mother.

What kind of mother wouldn't even show her face when her own son was hospitalized?

After some discussion, they concluded that a DNA test was unavoidable.

"Mr. Reed, we're in a tough spot here. We turn a blind eye to your business, so don't make things difficult for us."

Julian had seen this coming and graciously accepted the olive branch. "Of course."