"Lila, please don't, she pleaded, taking a cautious step forward, trying not to provoke Lila further, her voice gentle.

"No!" Lila spat the words through clenched teeth. "Doesn't she deserve it? After decades of suffering, what's one deeply humiliating gesture of remorse?"

Lilah wanted to argue further but was stopped by Brenda.

The elderly woman remained silent, tears streaming down her deeply lined face. She wiped them away and, supported by a maid, slowly knelt down.

Everyone was shocked, including Lilah.

Seeing this, Lila recoiled a step, nearly stumbling over the thorn bush, then started laughing hysterically.

"You finally have your day! Haha, you finally have your day!"

Lila's entire demeanor was filled with madness.

At that moment, Lilah clearly felt the years of accumulated pain within her heart.

Brenda knelt on the ground, her head deeply bowed, her shoulders trembling slightly.

However, just then, Lila's expression froze as she stared intently at the back of Brenda's neck, noticing a black mole there.

"You, you're not that wicked woman at all!" Lila trembled with anger. "You're not her. Who are you really?"

Lilah was shocked. How did she recognize it?

At the time, Lilah had asked Hadley for help, finding an actress who specialized in playing elderly women. They quickly did her makeup and changed her clothes, thinking they could pull the wool over everyone's eyes.

But it was unexpected how easily she was recognized.

Lilah hurriedly stepped forward, “Lila, take a closer look. She is indeed our matriarch."

Saying this, she motioned for the actress to lift her head.

But Lila couldn't hear anything anymore. She gritted her teeth and said, "Since you don't care about your own son, then I have ho reason to be polite. I will...

"Stop!" A familiar cold voice suddenly rang out.

Lilah and Gerard instinctively turned around to see Brenda's face, weathered with the passage of time.

Their eyes met, and Brenda's eyes were filled with sorrow. She wiped away a tear, staring steadily at her long-lost friend.

No one could have imagined how fast time flies, how ruthlessly it had transformed someone she once trusted and cherished into this grim figure.

"You, you... " Lila's eyes widened as she stared at Brenda for a long time.

"Lila, it's been a long time, " Brenda choked out, her voice hoarse and trembling. "I am the one who wronged you. Please don't harm the child, okay? Lilah brought you back out of kindness."