Carter Quincy continued:
"Once I successfully swapped the children, I had nothing to worry about. I couldn't even afford to raise the child, and it wasn't mine anyway, so why should I care? After you left San Francisco, I just dumped the swapped child at the orphanage."
Saying this, she looked at Helen Melendy with not a trace of guilt, even appearing somewhat proud, and said:
"Miss Smith, you shouldn't hate me. On the contrary, you should thank me. If I hadn't thrown you in the orphanage and the director hadn't picked you up, you wouldn't have had the chance to get into Harvard University and become a big lawyer. You wouldn't even have met your current husband. I am your great benefactor."
Carter Quincy's words were not meant to provoke Helen Melendy; she genuinely believed she had played a significant role in Helen's life.
