Chapter 172

"Has he always been so kind to Nancy since he was a child?" Melissa was eager to know the story of their childhood, wanting to better understand what shaped today's Joseph. "Not really, when Nancy first arrived at the Clarkson family, they were mortal enemies. It was later that they became a pair of close siblings." Joshua gazed at the elderly and children taking a walk in the neighborhood and the pairs of young lovers. He found infinite charm in the ordinariness of everyday life. "Nancy just arrived at the Clarkson family?" Melissa couldn't grasp what Joshua meant. Could it be that Nancy was adopted? "Yes, the three of us share the same father but have different mothers. Didn't Joseph tell you?" Joshua calmly confirmed. He assumed Melissa knew about their Clarkson family situation and did not expect Joseph to have kept her in the dark. Melissa shook her head forcefully in astonishment, "He never mentioned it." "Perhaps you will know in the future." Joshua did not want to elaborate any