Chapter 259 Unable to Dislike Jeffrey

When Aria heard that, she stopped fiddling with her amethyst pendant.

Frank's jaw dropped as he grasped the connection between Aria and the kidnapping. Aria, rarely one to frown, furrowed her brow at his implication.

"I was switched at birth, not kidnapped."

It was indeed what the couple had said. However, their words were obviously unreliable. Yet, Aria didn't elaborate.

She felt completely indifferent toward Mindy.

Frank mentioned the Carvers doted on Mindy because she resembled their daughter when she was younger. This struck Aria as a cliché plot device from a novel.

The heartbreaking reality of a lost child was far more common in the past. Without the widespread internet, facial recognition, or DNA testing, finding them could be a nearly impossible task.

Moreover, the human traffickers often held the upper hand, leaving many parents forever searching, even when they had grown old and wrinkly.

Still, Aria couldn't reconcile with the Carvers' decision. If every missing chi